MongoDB Database Tools up to 100.20.0 mongofiles privileges management

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in MongoDB Database Tools up to 100.20.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component mongofiles. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-119672. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in MongoDB Database Tools up to 100.20.0. This affects an unknown code of the component mongofiles. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

MongoDB Database Tools mongofiles uses a database-stored GridFS filename as the output destination for get_id when --local is not specified. A user who can modify the file metadata can set the stored filename to '-', causing a later authorized retrieval to write the file contents to standard output instead of a local file. If standard output is captured in a location accessible to that user, this may disclose GridFS content the user cannot read directly. Exploitation requires a higher-privileged operator to retrieve the affected file without an explicit local destination and attacker access to the captured output. This issue affects MongoDB Database Tools from version 3.1.4 through versions before 100.20.1.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-119672 since 10/30/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 100.20.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Database Software

Vendor

• MongoDB

Name

• Database Tools

Version

• 100.0
• 100.1
• 100.2
• 100.3
• 100.4
• 100.5
• 100.6
• 100.7
• 100.8
• 100.9
• 100.10
• 100.11
• 100.12
• 100.13
• 100.14
• 100.15
• 100.16
• 100.17
• 100.18
• 100.19
• 100.20.0

License

• open-source

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