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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD9.2 Critical

CVE-2026-59509

Unauthenticated arbitrary MongoDB collection read in cve-search

Description

An unauthenticated improper input validation vulnerability in the POST /fetch_cve_data endpoint in cve-search. A remote attacker can manipulate request parameters controlling the MongoDB collection, projected fields, and regular-expression filters to read arbitrary application MongoDB collections. This can expose administrative usernames and password hashes from the mgmt_users collection, enabling offline password cracking and potential administrative account compromise.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

cve-search cve-search

Default version status: unaffected

  • v4.0 to ≤ v6.0.0affected

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