Improper Enforcement of Authentication Mechanism Restrictions in MongoDB Server Allows Use of Disabled Authentication Method

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-18703
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermongodb
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-08-11 19:17:24 UTC
Updated2026-10-23 21:10:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v4.0 2.3 LOW from [email protected]

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/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

EPSS: 0.001440000 probability, percentile 0.034030000 (date 2026-10-23)

Problem Types: CWE-863 | CWE-863 CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
4.0[email protected]Secondary2.3LOWCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/C...
4.0CNACVSS2.3LOWCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
3.1[email protected]Secondary4.2MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
3.1CNACVSS4.2MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v4.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Attack Requirements
Present
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Sub Conf.
None
Sub Integrity
None
Sub Availability
None

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/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 v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mongodb Mongodb All All All All
Application Mongodb Mongodb 9.0.0 alpha0 All All
Application Mongodb Mongodb 9.0.0 alpha1 All All
Application Mongodb Mongodb 9.1.0 alpha0 All All
Application Mongodb Mongodb All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA MongoDB MongoDB Server affected 8.3.0 8.3.8 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-127863 [email protected] jira.mongodb.org Vendor Advisory, Issue Tracking
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