CVE-2026-113870 Improper Encoding of Server-Supplied JavaScript Values in MongoDB Compass BSON Parsing
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-113870?
CVE-2026-113870 is a high-severity vulnerability in MongoDB Compass, published on 21 Oct 2026.
Official description
MongoDB Compass improperly escapes certain BSON values when converting a stored view’s aggregation pipeline into editable source. When a user connects to a MongoDB deployment containing a specially crafted view and opens that view for editing, the values can cause arbitrary code to execute with the privileges of the user running Compass.
Weakness: CWE-116
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-113870?
How do I fix CVE-2026-113870?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-113870 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-113870 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-113870 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pf8m-jx52-cwh3.