CVE-2026-18703
Received Received - Intake

MongoDB Server Certificate Authentication Bypass

Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-18703, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-08-11

Last updated on: 2026-08-11

Assigner: MongoDB, Inc.

Description

An issue in MongoDB Server could allow a party with a valid client certificate and a corresponding user account to authenticate using a certificate-based authentication method, even when an administrator has configured the server to restrict authentication to other mechanisms. This could allow authentication through a method the administrator intended to disable.

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Published
2026-08-11
Last Modified
2026-08-11
Generated
2026-08-12
EPSS Evaluated
N/A
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mongodb mongodb_server *

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CWE-863 The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check.

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