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CVE-2026-82070

Insufficiently Protected Credentials in MongoDB Server Diagnostic Reporting Interface

7.1 HighFix available

CVE-2026-82070 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Mongodb, published September 8, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.33%, the 25th percentile. Fixed in mongodb 7.0.40.

A security issue in MongoDB Server's diagnostic reporting interface allows an authenticated user with monitoring privileges to access insufficiently protected credentials from concurrent administrative operations. The same credentials are properly redacted in server log output, but the diagnostic interface omits equivalent redaction. Successful exploitation requires a valid authenticated session with monitoring-level permissions and results in exposure of cleartext credentials that could enable impersonation of other users, including privileged accounts.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.33%Up 0.1 points since Sep 9, 2026
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.1

Insufficiently Protected Credentials in MongoDB Server Diagnostic Reporting Interface

A security issue in MongoDB Server's diagnostic reporting interface allows an authenticated user with monitoring privileges to access insufficiently protected credentials from concurrent administrative operations. The same credentials are properly redacted in server log output, but the diagnostic interface omits equivalent redaction. Successful exploitation requires a valid authenticated session with monitoring-level permissions and results in exposure of cleartext credentials that could enable impersonation of other users, including privileged accounts.

Record
CVE-2026-82070
CVSS 4.0
7.1 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-522
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-72914 7.1

A security issue in MongoDB Server's diagnostic reporting interface allows an authenticated user with monitoring privileges to access insufficiently protected credentials from concurrent administrative operations. The same credentials are properly redacted in server log output, but the diagnostic interface omits equivalent redaction. Successful exploitation requires a valid authenticated session with monitoring-level permissions and results in exposure of cleartext credentials that could enable impersonation of other users, including privileged accounts.

Record
EUVD-2026-72914
CVSS 4.0
7.1 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9cmh-gg2r-2fxr 7.1

A security issue in MongoDB Server's diagnostic reporting interface allows an authenticated user...

A security issue in MongoDB Server's diagnostic reporting interface allows an authenticated user with monitoring privileges to access insufficiently protected credentials from concurrent administrative operations. The same credentials are properly redacted in server log output, but the diagnostic interface omits equivalent redaction. Successful exploitation requires a valid authenticated session with monitoring-level permissions and results in exposure of cleartext credentials that could enable impersonation of other users, including privileged accounts.

Record
GHSA-9cmh-gg2r-2fxr
CVSS 4.0
7.1 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-522
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 7.1

A security issue in MongoDB Server's diagnostic reporting interface allows an authenticated user with monitoring privileges to access insufficiently protected credentials from concurrent administrative operations. The same credentials are properly redacted in server log output, but the diagnostic interface omits equivalent redaction. Successful exploitation requires a valid authenticated session with monitoring-level permissions and results in exposure of cleartext credentials that could enable impersonation of other users, including privileged accounts.

Record
CVE-2026-82070
CVSS 4.0
7.1 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-522
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.1

Insufficiently Protected Credentials in MongoDB Server Diagnostic Reporting Interface

A security issue in MongoDB Server's diagnostic reporting interface allows an authenticated user with monitoring privileges to access insufficiently protected credentials from concurrent administrative operations. The same credentials are properly redacted in server log output, but the diagnostic interface omits equivalent redaction. Successful exploitation requires a valid authenticated session with monitoring-level permissions and results in exposure of cleartext credentials that could enable impersonation of other users, including privileged accounts.

Record
CVE-2026-82070
CVSS 4.0
7.1 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness
CWE-522
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-82070 7.1

A security issue in MongoDB Server's diagnostic reporting interface allows an authenticated user with monitoring privileges to access insufficiently protected credentials from concurrent administrative operations. The same credentials are properly redacted in server log output, but the diagnostic interface omits equivalent redaction. Successful exploitation requires a valid authenticated session with monitoring-level permissions and results in exposure of cleartext credentials that could enable impersonation of other users, including privileged accounts.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-82070
CVSS 4.0
7.1 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBIT-mongodb-2026-82070 No score

Insufficiently Protected Credentials in MongoDB Server Diagnostic Reporting Interface

A security issue in MongoDB Server's diagnostic reporting interface allows an authenticated user with monitoring privileges to access insufficiently protected credentials from concurrent administrative operations. The same credentials are properly redacted in server log output, but the diagnostic interface omits equivalent redaction. Successful exploitation requires a valid authenticated session with monitoring-level permissions and results in exposure of cleartext credentials that could enable impersonation of other users, including privileged accounts.

Record
BIT-mongodb-2026-82070
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
mongodb
Bitnami
7.0.0 up to 7.0.40, 8.0.0 up to 8.0.29, 8.2.0 up to 8.3.8, 9.0.0 up to 9.0.2
7.0.408.0.298.3.89.0.2
mongodb
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1:2.4.6-0ubuntu51:2.4.6-0ubuntu61:2.4.8-1ubuntu11:2.4.8-21:2.4.9-11:2.4.9-1ubuntu11:2.4.9-1ubuntu21:2.4.9-1ubuntu2+esm2
None known
mongodb
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1:2.6.10-0ubuntu11:2.6.10-0ubuntu1+esm2
None known
mongodb
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1:3.4.7-11:3.4.7-1ubuntu11:3.4.7-1ubuntu21:3.4.7-1ubuntu41:3.4.14-3ubuntu1
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1:3.4.14-3ubuntu21:3.6.3-0ubuntu11:3.6.3-0ubuntu1.11:3.6.3-0ubuntu1.31:3.6.3-0ubuntu1.41:3.6.3-0ubuntu1.4+esm11:3.6.3-0ubuntu1.4+esm2
None known
mongodb
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1:3.6.9+really3.6.8+90~g8e540c0b6d-0ubuntu21:3.6.9+really3.6.8+90~g8e540c0b6d-0ubuntu51:3.6.9+really3.6.8+90~g8e540c0b6d-0ubuntu5.21:3.6.9+really3.6.8+90~g8e540c0b6d-0ubuntu5.31:3.6.9+really3.6.8+90~g8e540c0b6d-0ubuntu5.3+esm1
None known

History

History
WhenChangedSources
2026-11-02createdCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

References

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