{"id":"CVE-2019-2386","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-2386","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:26:05.147Z","title":"After user deletion in MongoDB Server the improper invalidation of authorization sessions allows an authenticated user's session to persist and become conflated with new accounts, if those accounts reuse the names of deleted ones.","description":"After user deletion in MongoDB Server the improper invalidation of authorization sessions allows an authenticated user's session to persist and become conflated with new accounts, if those accounts reuse the names of deleted ones. This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.9; MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.13 and MongoDB Server v3.4 versions prior to 3.4.22.\n\nWorkaround: \nAfter deleting one or more users, restart any nodes which may have had active user authorization sessions.\n\nRefrain from creating user accounts with the same name as previously deleted accounts.","published":"2019-08-06T19:15:14.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:33:44.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cna@mongodb.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-285","CWE-613"],"affected":["mongodb/mongodb"],"epss":{"score":0.01136,"percentile":0.6631,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.14%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-38984","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cna@mongodb.com"},{"url":"https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0829","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cna@mongodb.com"},{"url":"https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-38984","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0829","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2386","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}