Vulnerability · Published Sep 10, 2026 · Assigned by mongodb

CVE-2026-88026Regular expression injection via unescaped characters in LINQ query translation in MongoDB C# Driver

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in C# Driver from MongoDB. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 32% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 67.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Improper neutralization of regular-expression metacharacters in the LINQ query translation component of the MongoDB C# Driver can cause a caller-supplied character sequence to alter a regular-expression predicate generated by an affected application. An authenticated user who can influence such a value may cause the application to return records beyond those intended by the original filter.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
MongoDB C# Driver 2.14.0 – through 3.11.1

Weakness: CWE-943 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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