{"id":"CVE-2026-106434","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-106434","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T05:28:25.005Z","title":"The explicit decryption component of MongoDB libmongocrypt can return an unrecognized encrypted payload unchanged instead of returning a decryption error.","description":"The explicit decryption component of MongoDB libmongocrypt can return an unrecognized encrypted payload unchanged instead of returning a decryption error. An actor who can modify stored encrypted fields, such as a database writer, server, or network intermediary, can cause an affected application to process the supplied bytes as decrypted plaintext.","published":"2026-10-08T19:16:59.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-08T20:49:23.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"cna@mongodb.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/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/M"},"cwe":["CWE-354"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00112,"percentile":0.01371,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-10-09","score":0.00112,"percentile":0.01298}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.11%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-08T19:16:59.000Z","detail":{"score":"5.3","severity":"MEDIUM","publishedAt":"2026-10-08T19:16:59.390Z"},"summary":"New CVE, medium severity (CVSS 5.3)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/MONGOCRYPT-966","source":"cna@mongodb.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-106434","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."}