MongoDB Database Tools mongofiles uses a database-stored GridFS filename as the output destination for getid when --local is not specified.
CVE-2026-119672
MongoDB Database Tools mongofiles uses a database-stored GridFS filename as the output destination for getid when --local is not specified. A user who can modify the file metadata can set the stored filename to '-', causing a later authorized retrieval to write the file contents to standard output instead of a local file. If standard output is captured in a location accessible to that user, this may disclose GridFS content the user cannot read directly. Exploitation requires a higher-privileged operator to retrieve the affected file without an explicit local destination and attacker access to the captured output. This issue affects MongoDB Database Tools from version 3.1.4 through versions before 100.20.1.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 5.9 (v4.0)
- Severity
- Medium
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 3 November 2026
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
- Affected
- MONGODB · Database Tools
- Assigner
- mongodb
CVSS vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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