High severity · published Aug 11, 2026
CVE-2026-18712
Improper Authorization in MongoDB Queryable Encryption Maintenance Operations Allows Unauthorized Modification of Other Collections
8.1
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 15% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
MongoDB · MongoDB
8.3.0 before 8.3.8; 8.0 before 8.0.29; 7.0 before 7.0.40 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18712
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-18712
Vendor Advisory
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-130633
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