# CVE-2026-96750: Shell script injection via server-supplied database name in Open MongoDB shell

> Attacker with database creation privileges can execute arbitrary shell commands in MongoDB Compass when a user opens the shell for a maliciously named database.

- **Severity:** High 7.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 25 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g679-8jm6-pqf7

## What is CVE-2026-96750?

CVE-2026-96750 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in MongoDB Compass, published on 24 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

MongoDB Compass can interpolate a database name without escaping into the initial input of its embedded MongoDB shell when a user opens the shell from that database's view. A user with privileges to create databases on a server that a Compass user connects to may, under specific conditions, have content evaluated as shell input within the Compass process, with that process's privileges. This requires the Compass user to open the shell for the affected database.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-96750?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-96750?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-96750 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-96750 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-96750 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-96750 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-96750 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in MongoDB Compass, published on 24 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-96750 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: MongoDB Compass. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-96750/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-96750/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-96750
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96750
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-96750

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-96750/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.