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GHSA-65FR-J4P9-VC33

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-08 21:27 – Updated: 2026-09-08 21:27

Summary

mongodb: Reject "." and NUL bytes in database and collection names

Details

Impact

Passing untrusted input as part of a database or collection name may result in targeting a different database or collection than specified.

Patches

Fixed in PHP library 1.21.4 and 2.4.1.

Workarounds

Validate database and collection names prior to passing into APIs.

Severity

8.1 (High)


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

8.6 (High)


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

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        "name": "mongodb/mongodb"
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            {
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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-81525"
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  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-943"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-09-08T21:27:42Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-08-27T20:18:50Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\nPassing untrusted input as part of a database or collection name may result in targeting a different database or collection than specified.\n\n### Patches\nFixed in PHP library 1.21.4 and 2.4.1.\n\n### Workarounds\nValidate database and collection names prior to passing into APIs.",
  "id": "GHSA-65fr-j4p9-vc33",
  "modified": "2026-09-08T21:27:42Z",
  "published": "2026-09-08T21:27:42Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-library/security/advisories/GHSA-65fr-j4p9-vc33"
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-81525"
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      "url": "https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-library/pull/1967"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-library/pull/1968"
    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-library/commit/3a462213bb4fd46efa58a1937b06b1b0553b67a7"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-library/commit/6f305a3b21740080255a3093b12458274c7cc8ca"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/releases/tag/1.21.6"
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      "url": "https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/releases/tag/1.21.7"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/releases/tag/2.4.1"
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    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-library"
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/PHPLIB-1927"
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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  "summary": "mongodb: Reject \".\" and NUL bytes in database and collection names"
}

CVE-2026-81525 (GCVE-0-2026-81525)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-27 18:32 – Updated: 2026-08-28 15:49

Title

Cross-tenant database retargeting via dot/NUL injection in namespace strings in the PHP Driver

Summary

The MongoDB client library for PHP does not sufficiently sanitize special elements in application-supplied namespace identifiers before using them to construct the target namespace for database operations. An application that incorporates untrusted text into these identifiers may have operations silently directed at a different storage location than the one the application intended.

Severity

8.6 (High)


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

8.1 (High)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-28 15:48 UTC

CWE

CWE-943 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Data Query Logic

Assigner

mongodb mitre root Scorecard

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/PHPLIB-1927
https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-library/rele…
https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-library/rele…
https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/relea…
https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/relea…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
MongoDB	PHP Library	Affected: 0 , < 1.21.4 (semver) Affected: 2.0.0 , < 2.4.1 (semver)
MongoDB	PHP Extension	Affected: 0 , < 1.21.6 (semver) Affected: 2.0.0 , < 2.4.1 (semver)

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