PT-2026-70838
CVE-2026-18703
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Published
2026-08-11
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Updated
2026-09-17
Description by
CVSS 3.1
4.2
MediumMetricsAV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
MongoDB Server (affected versions not specified)
Description
An issue exists where a party possessing a valid client certificate and a corresponding user account can authenticate using certificate-based authentication. This occurs even if an administrator has configured the server to restrict authentication to other mechanisms, effectively bypassing the intended authentication restrictions.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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