Improper Enforcement of Authentication Mechanism Restrictions in MongoDB Server Allows Use of Disabled Authentication Method
An issue in MongoDB Server could allow a party with a valid client certificate and a corresponding user account to authenticate using a certificate-based authentication method, even when an administrator has configured the server to restrict authentication to other mechanisms. This could allow authentication through a method the administrator intended to disable.
BIT-mongodb-2026-18703
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: osv:BIT-mongodb-2026-18703
mongodb
Source reference: /affected/0/package/name
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- 8.3.8
Source reference:
/affected/0/ranges9.0.2Source reference:
/affected/0/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "SEMVER",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "8.2.0"
},
{
"fixed": "8.3.8"
},
{
"introduced": "9.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "9.0.2"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "mongodb",
"purl": "pkg:bitnami/mongodb",
"ecosystem": "Bitnami"
},
"severity": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/mongodb/BIT-mongodb-2026-18703.json"
}
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-18703
Source reference:
/aliases
Publisher severity
medium
Source reference: /database_specific/severity
- Event
- #59480 · Revision 1
- Added to Heist Feed
- Publisher date