Name: CVE-2026-18712: Incorrect Authorization
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2026-08-11T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2026-18712, CWE-863, CVSS 8.1, EPSS 0.00172

An issue in MongoDB Server's Queryable Encryption maintenance operations could allow an authenticated user with privileges on one encrypted collection to cause unauthorized modification or destruction of data belonging to a different collection. This is due to insufficient validation of certain internal metadata references before they are used to perform operations on other namespaces.

CVSS Details

CVSS 4.0 Base Score: 7.2 (HIGH)
CVSS 4.0 Vector: (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/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)
CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.1
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Mongodb	—	Upgrade MongoDB to version 7.0.40Upgrade MongoDB to version 8.0.29Upgrade MongoDB to version 8.2.12Upgrade MongoDB to version 8.3.8Upgrade to the latest version of MongoDB	Sep 28, 2026	Aug 11, 2026

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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