CVE-2026-115929: MongoDB Compass trusts certificates issued by recoverable eMudhra intermediate CAs
Medium · CVSS 6.8 (CVSS 3.1)EPSS 0.19%, 8th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: mongodb
Description
MongoDB Compass relies on Electron, a third-party runtime that carries its own TLS root certificate store. This root certificate store has the recoverable eMudhra intermediate CA certificates. Issue is resolved by updating to Compass 1.53.1, which includes Electron 44.9.1.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N · CWE-295
Tracked companies
Mapped from the CVE’s affected-product data, NVD CPE matches, vendor advisories or package feeds. A mapping means the vendor’s software is named, not that its hosted service was exposed.
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
MongoDB, Inc.: Compass
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- blog.mozilla.org/security/2026/10/20/protecting-firefox-users-following-the-compromise… (opens in new tab)
- github.com/mongodb-js/compass/releases/tag/v1.53.1 (opens in new tab)
- releases.electronjs.org/release/v44.9.1 (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)