Skip to content
OpenAdvisories
Medium · 4.8 CVE-2026-119672 EUVD-2026-116027GHSA-vj7x-r9xp-w7fv

mongofiles may disclose GridFS content to standard output through a stored filename

Published Nov 3, 2026 · Updated Nov 3, 2026 · Assigned by mongodb

Description

MongoDB Database Tools mongofiles uses a database-stored GridFS filename as the output destination for get_id when --local is not specified. A user who can modify the file metadata can set the stored filename to '-', causing a later authorized retrieval to write the file contents to standard output instead of a local file. If standard output is captured in a location accessible to that user, this may disclose GridFS content the user cannot read directly. Exploitation requires a higher-privileged operator to retrieve the affected file without an explicit local destination and attacker access to the captured output. This issue affects MongoDB Database Tools from version 3.1.4 through versions before 100.20.1.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
MongoDB Database Tools 3.1.4 – < 100.20.1 100.20.1

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS mongo-tools No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS mongo-tools No fix yet —

Advisories 1

References