Description
An improper privilege management issue in the sharding subsystem of MongoDB Server may allow a user holding certain shard-level administrative privileges to cause persisted internal coordination state to be reprocessed with elevated internal authority. Because that state is trusted rather than re-validated, operations may be carried out beyond the user's authorized scope, including changes to cluster-wide security configuration. Successful triggering this issue requires an authenticated session directly against a cluster member and can result in unauthorized access to and modification of data across the cluster.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| MongoDB | MongoDB Server | 9.0.0 – < 9.0.7, 8.3.0 – < 8.3.16, 8.0.0 – < 8.0.37 | 9.0.7 |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2026-4468 MongoDB: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 10, 2026