CVE-2026-18704

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.02 BB Relevance: 64/100
Published: 2026-08-11 Modified: 2026-10-23 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Interaction Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: X
AT: None
VC: None
VI: High
VA: None

Description

An issue in MongoDB Server's aggregation framework could allow an authenticated user with only read privileges to perform write operations against collections they should not be able to modify. This is due to an internal-use aggregation stage being reachable by external clients without an appropriate authorization check on its embedded operations.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
mongodb mongodb 8.3.0 – 8.3.8

References & Advisories (1)

https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-129936
Vendor Advisory Issue Tracking

Bug Bounty Relevance

64 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

7.1 / 10.0 v4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/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 — Exploitation Probability

0.29%
Raw Score 0.002870
Percentile 21.2%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00287
2026-10-28
0.00287

Intelligence Sources

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