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High · 7.2 CVE-2026-120814 EUVD-2026-122829GHSA-4h4m-qr7q-h832

MultiUpdateCoordinator state replay lets a shard administrator create a persistent cluster root user

Published Nov 10, 2026 · Updated Nov 13, 2026 · Assigned by mongodb

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

VendorProductAffectedFixed
MongoDB MongoDB Server 9.0.0 – < 9.0.7, 8.3.0 – < 8.3.16, 8.0.0 – < 8.0.37 9.0.7

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