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🛡️ CVE-2026-13060 — mongodb

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-863 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
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Description

$graphLookup Aggregation Stage Authorization Check Inconsistency Allowing Unauthorized Collection Access

An authenticated user with limited read privileges may be able to access documents from collections they are not authorized to read, due to an inconsistency in how the $graphLookup aggregation stage is evaluated during authorization and during execution. Affected scenarios involve collections referenced within existing view pipeline definitions.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-13060 is classified as CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization. An authorisation check runs but reaches the wrong conclusion, permitting actions it should refuse.

Affected software

CVE-2026-13060 is recorded against 1 package.

  • mongodb

Timeline and source

Published on 17 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

jira.mongodb.org (Web)
nvd.nist.gov (Web)

Other advisories for this package

mongodb has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization) in other software:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-863
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-08-17
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
mongodb — —

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