Bug 2566136 (CVE-2026-119675) - CVE-2026-119675 github.com/mongodb/mongo-tools: mongorestore: Privilege escalation via crafted collection names in database dumps
Summary: CVE-2026-119675 github.com/mongodb/mongo-tools: mongorestore: Privilege escal...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-119675
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-11-03 19:32 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-11-06 16:18 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-11-03 19:32:48 UTC
MongoDB Database Tools mongorestore inconsistently handles the system.buckets. prefix when validating collection names in an untrusted dump. A specially crafted collection name can bypass special-collection guards and operator namespace filters, causing a restore to create an unauthorized user-chosen database account, including an account with the root role. Exploitation requires an operator to restore unauthorized user-controlled data using credentials with sufficient user-management privileges on the destination deployment. Excluding the admin namespace alone does not prevent this behavior. This issue affects MongoDB Database Tools versions 100.4.0 through versions before 100.20.1.


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