CVE-2026-59509

CRITICAL

Unauthenticated arbitrary MongoDB collection read in cve-search

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

An unauthenticated improper input validation vulnerability in the POST /fetch_cve_data endpoint in cve-search. A remote attacker can manipulate request parameters controlling the MongoDB collection, projected fields, and regular-expression filters to read arbitrary application MongoDB collections. This can expose administrative usernames and password hashes from the mgmt_users collection, enabling offline password cracking and potential administrative account compromise.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit exploit technical-description
https://github.com/cve-search/cve-search/issues/1217

Scores

CVSS v4 9.2
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
cve-search/cve-search v4.0 - v6.0.0
Published Jul 05, 2026
Tracked Since Jul 05, 2026