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CVE-2026-13078

HIGH
7.7
CVSS 3.1
Description
A vulnerability was discovered in MongoDB Server where the server-side MozJS scripting engine unconditionally registered a module loading hook that enables JavaScript calls to read arbitrary files from the host filesystem using the mongod process's privileges. An authenticated user could exploit this through crafted aggregation pipeline commands to read sensitive files accessible to the MongoDB server process.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-13078
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mongodb
Reserved
2026-06-23 18:00 UTC
Published
2026-07-22 19:11 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-22 19:11 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-862
CWE-862: Missing Authorization
Vendor / Product
MongoDB / MongoDB Server
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

7.7 HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
MongoDB MongoDB Server — 7.0 < 7.0.39, 8.0 < 8.0.28, 8.2.0 < 8.2.12, 8.3.0 < 8.3.7
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-862 cna CWE-862: Missing Authorization
CVSS scores (2)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
7.7 HIGH 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
6.3 MEDIUM 4.0 cna CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
References (1)
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