CVE-2026-59509
Unauthenticated arbitrary MongoDB collection read in cve-search
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.2 Critical
- Published
- Jul 5, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 6, 2026
- Reserved
- Jul 5, 2026
Description
An unauthenticated improper input validation vulnerability in the POST /fetch_cve_data endpoint in cve-search. A remote attacker can manipulate request parameters controlling the MongoDB collection, projected fields, and regular-expression filters to read arbitrary application MongoDB collections. This can expose administrative usernames and password hashes from the mgmt_users collection, enabling offline password cracking and potential administrative account compromise.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 9.2 Critical | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N | CIRCL |
Weaknesses
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
cve-searchcve-search |
|
References
- https://github.com/cve-search/cve-search/pull/1218patch
- https://github.com/cve-search/cve-search/issues/1217exploittechnical-description
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