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Medium · 4.4 CVE-2026-81523 EUVD-2026-67207

Cross-tenant database retargeting via dot/NUL injection in namespace strings in libmongocrypt

Published Aug 27, 2026 · Updated Aug 28, 2026 · Assigned by mongodb

Description

A missing input-validation issue in MongoDB libmongocrypt's automatic-encryption context setup allows a caller-supplied database identifier to be accepted without sanitization. The resulting impact is limited to incorrect schema selection, which may lead to limited disclosure or modification of information handled by the application.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
MongoDB libmongocrypt 1.0.0 – < 1.20.3 1.20.3

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
Debian 14 libmongocrypt 1.20.3-1 —
Debian 13 libmongocrypt 1.13.2-1+deb13u1 —
Debian 12 libmongocrypt No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 libmongocrypt No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS libmongocrypt No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libmongocrypt No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libmongocrypt No fix yet —

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