Vulnerability · Published Jun 9, 2026 · Assigned by mongodb

CVE-2026-9751Sensitive data could be written to mongod.log

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity sensitive data in logs in MongoDB Server from MongoDB. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 1% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 98.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The ldapQueryPassword parameter, when set through the runtime setParameter command, will log the new password to the mongod.log file in plain text.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
MongoDB MongoDB Server 8.3.0 – before 8.3.38.2.0 – before 8.2.108.0.0 – before 8.0.247.0.0 – before 7.0.35

Weakness: CWE-532 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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