CVE-2026-119674: mongorestore may restore encoded collection names into an unintended collection
Description
MongoDB Database Tools mongorestore incorrectly URL-decodes an original collection name read from metadata when the corresponding dump filename has been truncated. A database user who can create and populate a suitably encoded collection can cause a later authorized directory restore to write those documents into a different collection that the user cannot modify directly. When both collection names resolve to the same destination, backed-up documents may be omitted; use of --drop can also replace the unintended destination collection. Exploitation requires an operator to restore the affected collection from a directory dump with write access to the destination. This issue affects MongoDB Database Tools versions 100.0.2 through versions before 100.20.1.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L · CWE-174
Tracked companies
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Status incidents that name it
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Affected vendors and products
MongoDB: Database Tools
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- github.com/mongodb/mongo-tools/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md (opens in new tab)
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- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)