CVE-2026-113870 (GCVE-0-2026-113870)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-21 18:04
Modified
2026-10-21 18:04
CWE
  • CWE-116 - Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
Summary
MongoDB Compass improperly escapes certain BSON values when converting a stored view’s aggregation pipeline into editable source. When a user connects to a MongoDB deployment containing a specially crafted view and opens that view for editing, the values can cause arbitrary code to execute with the privileges of the user running Compass.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
MongoDB Compass Version: 1.7.0   ≤
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