CVE-2026-119675

mongorestore may bypass collection guards through a system.buckets prefix

Published Nov 3, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 5.2 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
MongoDB Database Tools mongorestore inconsistently handles the system.buckets. prefix when validating collection names in an untrusted dump. A specially crafted collection name can bypass special-collection guards and operator namespace filters, causing a restore to create an unauthorized user-chosen database account, including an account with the root role. Exploitation requires an operator to restore unauthorized user-controlled data using credentials with sufficient user-management privileges on the destination deployment. Excluding the admin namespace alone does not prevent this behavior. This issue affects MongoDB Database Tools versions 100.4.0 through versions before 100.20.1.

Remediation

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History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Mongodb
Mongodb database Tools
Vendors & Products Mongodb
Mongodb database Tools
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Description MongoDB Database Tools mongorestore inconsistently handles the system.buckets. prefix when validating collection names in an untrusted dump. A specially crafted collection name can bypass special-collection guards and operator namespace filters, causing a restore to create an unauthorized user-chosen database account, including an account with the root role. Exploitation requires an operator to restore unauthorized user-controlled data using credentials with sufficient user-management privileges on the destination deployment. Excluding the admin namespace alone does not prevent this behavior. This issue affects MongoDB Database Tools versions 100.4.0 through versions before 100.20.1.
Title mongorestore may bypass collection guards through a system.buckets prefix
Weaknesses CWE-706
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mongodb
Published
Updated
Nov 3, 2026, 5:45 PM
Reserved
Oct 30, 2026, 2:08 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Nov 3, 2026, 5:18 PM
Modified
Nov 3, 2026, 8:00 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Nov 3, 2026, 4:06 PM