{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including mongodb. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-18698 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade mongodb to a fixed version for your release line: 7.0.40, 8.0.29, 8.3.8 or 9.0.2.","what":"CVE-2026-18698 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Mongodb Mongodb, published on 11 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-18698 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-18698 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Mongodb Mongodb, published on 11 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-18698 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- mongodb (Bitnami): affected from 7.0.0; fixed in 7.0.40, 8.0.29, 8.3.8, 9.0.2\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-18698/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-18698/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-18698","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-18698/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-18698","record":{"aliases":["BIT-mongodb-2026-18698","GHSA-vh87-wfq5-jrqm","MINI-4c9g-vjj7-v5r5","MINI-95vj-25w9-jrmf","MINI-qmj5-wp57-wqxq","MINI-r8xj-f8wh-3p3r","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-18698"],"analysis":{"component_type":"database","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["data_read","data_modify"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"MongoDB Server","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Authenticated users with limited roles can access or modify protected system collections via the validate command, exposing metadata and potentially altering data.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"missing_authorization"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mongodb","cpe":[{"product":"mongodb","vendor":"mongodb"}],"cvss":{"score":5.3,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-863","name":"Incorrect Authorization"}],"description":"An issue in MongoDB Server could allow an authenticated user with a limited database-scoped role to perform an action against protected system collections that should require more specific privileges. This could result in exposure of collection metadata and, on certain deployment configurations, unauthorized modification of system collection data.","ecosystems":["Bitnami"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Improper Authorization in MongoDB Server Allows Unauthorized Actions on System Collections via the validate Command","id":"CVE-2026-18698","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","product":"mongodb:mongodb","products":["mongodb:mongodb"],"type":"missing_authorization","year":"2026"},"n_packages":1,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Improper Input Validation in MongoDB Query Planner Leads to Denial of Service","id":"CVE-2026-18699"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","fixed":["7.0.40","8.0.29","8.3.8","9.0.2"],"introduced":["7.0.0","8.0.0","8.2.0","9.0.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"mongodb","purl":"pkg:bitnami/mongodb","source":"BIT-mongodb-2026-18698"}],"prev":{"headline":"Improper Input Validation in MongoDB Aggregation Framework Allows Unauthenticated Denial of Service on mongos","id":"CVE-2026-18697"},"products":["MongoDB Server"],"published":"2026-08-11","related":[{"cvss_score":8.7,"headline":"MongoDB and MongoDB Server Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency","id":"CVE-2025-14847","kev_date_added":"2025-12-29","published":"2025-12-19"},{"cvss_score":9.2,"headline":"Auth bypass in MongoDB Server","id":"CVE-2026-82067","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-09-08"},{"cvss_score":9.2,"headline":"MongoDB Improper Input Validation in Compute Mode External Data Processing Leading to Memory Corruption","id":"CVE-2026-13072","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-07-22"},{"cvss_score":9.1,"headline":"Denial of service in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-15535","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-11-01"},{"cvss_score":9,"headline":"Improper Authentication in MongoDB Intra-Cluster Connections Allows Credential Exposure","id":"CVE-2026-18691","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-11"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"MongoDB Server may allow successful untrusted connection","id":"CVE-2024-1351","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-03-07"},{"cvss_score":8.7,"headline":"Denial of service in MongoDB Server","id":"CVE-2026-82064","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-09-08"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"Apache-2.0","name":"Bitnami","prefix":"BIT"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-08-11","vendors":["MongoDB"]},"summary":"Authenticated users with limited roles can access or modify protected system collections via the validate command, exposing metadata and potentially altering data.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-18698/"}