MongoDB Server up to 7.0.47/8.0.36/8.3.15/9.0.6 User Management improper authorization

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in MongoDB Server up to 7.0.47/8.0.36/8.3.15/9.0.6. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component User Management. This manipulation causes improper authorization. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-120806. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in MongoDB Server up to 7.0.47/8.0.36/8.3.15/9.0.6. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component User Management. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A flaw in MongoDB Server's user management commands may lead to incomplete cleanup of role authorization data when roles are dropped from a database. Due to incorrect internal query predicates, the drop operation removes role definitions but fails to remove stale references in user and role documents. If a role with the same name is subsequently recreated with different privileges, previously associated users may silently inherit the new role's privileges without an explicit grant or corresponding audit event. Exploitation requires authenticated access with database administrative privileges on the target database.

It is possible to read the advisory at jira.mongodb.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-120806 since 11/02/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1548.002 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 7.0.48, 8.0.37, 8.3.16 or 9.0.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

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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
• 7.0.41
• 7.0.42
• 7.0.43
• 7.0.44
• 7.0.45
• 7.0.46
• 7.0.47
• 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
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• 8.0.18
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• 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
• 8.0.30
• 8.0.31
• 8.0.32
• 8.0.33
• 8.0.34
• 8.0.35
• 8.0.36
• 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
• 8.3.9
• 8.3.10
• 8.3.11
• 8.3.12
• 8.3.13
• 8.3.14
• 8.3.15
• 9.0.0
• 9.0.1
• 9.0.2
• 9.0.3
• 9.0.4
• 9.0.5
• 9.0.6

License

• open-source

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