{"id":"CVE-2026-18690","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-18690","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T11:56:34.850Z","title":"An issue in MongoDB Server could allow an authenticated user with a limited database-scoped role to perform an action against protected system collections that their assigned privileges should not permit.","description":"An issue in MongoDB Server could allow an authenticated user with a limited database-scoped role to perform an action against protected system collections that their assigned privileges should not permit. This could result in critical system collections being dropped and recreated without proper authorization.","published":"2026-08-11T19:17:23.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-23T21:10:00.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"cna@mongodb.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/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-863"],"affected":["mongodb/mongodb"],"epss":{"score":0.00406,"percentile":0.34705,"date":"2026-10-27","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 (0.41%). 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-130481","tags":["Vendor Advisory","Issue Tracking"],"source":"cna@mongodb.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18690","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."}