MongoDB Server up to 7.0.40/8.0.29/8.3.8 Diagnostic Reporting Interface missing encryption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in MongoDB Server up to 7.0.40/8.0.29/8.3.8. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Diagnostic Reporting Interface. Performing a manipulation results in missing encryption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-82070. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in MongoDB Server up to 7.0.40/8.0.29/8.3.8. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code of the component Diagnostic Reporting Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing encryption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-311. The product does not encrypt sensitive or critical information before storage or transmission. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

A security issue in MongoDB Server's diagnostic reporting interface allows an authenticated user with monitoring privileges to access insufficiently protected credentials from concurrent administrative operations. The same credentials are properly redacted in server log output, but the diagnostic interface omits equivalent redaction. Successful exploitation requires a valid authenticated session with monitoring-level permissions and results in exposure of cleartext credentials that could enable impersonation of other users, including privileged accounts.

The advisory is shared at jira.mongodb.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-82070 since 08/28/2026. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 7.0.41, 8.0.30 or 8.3.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

• Database Software

Vendor

• MongoDB

Name

• Server

Version

• 7.0.0
• 7.0.1
• 7.0.2
• 7.0.3
• 7.0.4
• 7.0.5
• 7.0.6
• 7.0.7
• 7.0.8
• 7.0.9
• 7.0.10
• 7.0.11
• 7.0.12
• 7.0.13
• 7.0.14
• 7.0.15
• 7.0.16
• 7.0.17
• 7.0.18
• 7.0.19
• 7.0.20
• 7.0.21
• 7.0.22
• 7.0.23
• 7.0.24
• 7.0.25
• 7.0.26
• 7.0.27
• 7.0.28
• 7.0.29
• 7.0.30
• 7.0.31
• 7.0.32
• 7.0.33
• 7.0.34
• 7.0.35
• 7.0.36
• 7.0.37
• 7.0.38
• 7.0.39
• 7.0.40
• 8.0.0
• 8.0.1
• 8.0.2
• 8.0.3
• 8.0.4
• 8.0.5
• 8.0.6
• 8.0.7
• 8.0.8
• 8.0.9
• 8.0.10
• 8.0.11
• 8.0.12
• 8.0.13
• 8.0.14
• 8.0.15
• 8.0.16
• 8.0.17
• 8.0.18
• 8.0.19
• 8.0.20
• 8.0.21
• 8.0.22
• 8.0.23
• 8.0.24
• 8.0.25
• 8.0.26
• 8.0.27
• 8.0.28
• 8.0.29
• 8.3.0
• 8.3.1
• 8.3.2
• 8.3.3
• 8.3.4
• 8.3.5
• 8.3.6
• 8.3.7
• 8.3.8

License

• open-source

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