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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2026-13062 EUVD-2026-47799GHSA-4fx2-v6gr-hm23

MongoDB mongos Improper Validation of Internal Flags in Queryable Encryption Write Commands on Sharded Clusters

Published Jul 22, 2026 · Updated Sep 17, 2026 · Assigned by mongodb

Description

An authenticated user with write privileges on a Queryable Encryption-enabled collection may be able to modify internal encryption metadata fields that are intended to be server-controlled, by sending crafted write commands through the mongos router on a sharded cluster. This can result in corruption of encrypted query correctness.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
MongoDB MongoDB Server 7.0 – < 7.0.39, 8.0 – < 8.0.28, 8.2.0 – < 8.2.12, 8.3.0 – < 8.3.7 7.0.39

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 Pro 20.04 LTS mongodb No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS mongodb No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS mongodb No fix yet —
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS mongodb No fix yet —

Advisories 1

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