CVE-2026-81518
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CVE-2026-81518 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.5/10 on the CVSS scale. When mongosqld is configured with a client certificate authority file, the listener requests a client certificate during the TLS handshake but does not require one, so a client that presents no certificate is still accepted. In deployments that rely on client certificates as the sole means of identifying users, a remote party with network access to the listener can therefore establish a session and read the MongoDB data exposed through the connector.. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
When mongosqld is configured with a client certificate authority file, the listener requests a client certificate during the TLS handshake but does not require one, so a client that presents no certificate is still accepted. In deployments that rely on client certificates as the sole means of identifying users, a remote party with network access to the listener can therefore establish a session and read the MongoDB data exposed through the connector.
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Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mongodb | Bi Connector | < 2.14.31 |
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