CVE-2026-81518

When mongosqld is configured with a client certificate authority file, the listener requests a client certificate during the TLS handshake but does not require one, so a client that presents no certificate is still accepted. In deployments that rely on client certificates as the sole means of identifying users, a remote party with network access to the listener can therefore establish a session and read the MongoDB data exposed through the connector.

CVSS 4.0

8.7CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 16% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-295

Published

2026-08-28

Modified

2026-09-29

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• mongodb:bi_connector

References

• https://www.mongodb.com/docs/bi-connector/current/release-notes/

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