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CVE-2026-120815: Incorrect Authorization Check in MongoDB Server Localhost Exception Leads to Unauthorized Administrative Access

HighCVSS 8.6 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 34/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.14% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: MongoDB MongoDB Server 7.0.48, 8.0.37, 8.3.16.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to MongoDB MongoDB Server 7.0.48, 8.0.37, 8.3.16 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

An incorrect authorization check in the MongoDB Server authorization subsystem may allow an unauthenticated party with local host access to obtain administrative privileges on a database server that has authorization enabled. This may result in unintended access to stored data and credentials, unintended modification of data, and loss of availability of the server.

Published
Nov 10, 2026
Updated
Nov 10, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 3th percentile

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Action score

34

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
34 / 40 · 8.6 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · mongodb
8.6
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CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (mongodb). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • MongoDB MongoDB Server

    • 9.0.0 and later · before 9.0.7affected · semver
    • 8.3.0 and later · before 8.3.16affected · semver
    • 8.0.0 and later · before 8.0.37affected · semver
    • 7.0.0 and later · before 7.0.48affected · semver

Same product

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-120813Nov 10, 2026 · Plaintext storage of encrypted fields via duplicate keys in client-side encryption schema parsing
    32Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-120814Nov 10, 2026 · MultiUpdateCoordinator state replay lets a shard administrator create a persistent cluster root user
    30Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-120816Nov 10, 2026 · System collection contents readable through a database change stream with showSystemEvents
    9Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
MongoDB MongoDB Server7.0.48Vendor (CNA)
MongoDB MongoDB Server8.0.37Vendor (CNA)
MongoDB MongoDB Server8.3.16Vendor (CNA)
MongoDB MongoDB Server9.0.7Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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  1. Published
  2. Fix recordedsame day
  3. TodayNov 13, 2026+3 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-1208220 days apartMissing Authorization Check in MongoDB Server Replication-Related Administrative Command Leads to Unauthorized Data Access
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2026-1208260 days apartImproper Authorization in MongoDB Server Sharded View Definition Handling Leads to Cross-Database Unauthorized Access
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2026-1208160 days apartSystem collection contents readable through a database change stream with showSystemEvents
    9Monitor

Bug bounty scope

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Not on record for this CVE: patch commit or PR link · researcher credit.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Attack context

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References

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