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Medium · 4.3 CVE-2026-120816 EUVD-2026-122831GHSA-g6cj-j7ww-3j96

System collection contents readable through a database change stream with showSystemEvents

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

Description

A user with basic read-tier database privileges can use an option on a server-side data-change notification feature to receive the contents of certain restricted internal collections that the same user is refused on a direct read. The privilege check for the notification feature is derived only from the target namespace and does not account for the option, so no additional permission is required. This may result in unintended access to data stored in those internal collections.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
MongoDB MongoDB Server 9.0.0 – < 9.0.7, 8.3.0 – < 8.3.16, 8.0.0 – < 8.0.37, 7.0.0 – < 7.0.48 9.0.7

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