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CVE-2026-81522 is an improper encoding or escaping weakness in the MongoDB C++ Driver’s handling of caller-supplied namespace identifiers. Special characters, including dot and NUL characters, can be embedded in a namespace identifier. Applications that construct namespace identifiers from untrusted input without validating it can have a database operation redirected to a target other than the intended namespace, enabling cross-tenant access in affected multi-tenant deployments. MongoDB C++ Driver versions 3.0.0 through 4.5.0 are affected.
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A MongoDB C++ Driver namespace-injection flaw enabling operations to be retargeted across tenant or logical database boundaries.
A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-81522 affecting the mongo-cxx-driver package on Debian Linux 14.0. The provided CVSS vectors indicate network reachability, low attack complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, and high confidentiality and integrity impact, with no availability impact.
A MongoDB C++ Driver namespace-identifier handling flaw (CWE-116) that can let unvalidated, caller-controlled special characters redirect an application's operation to another logical tenant's data, enabling limited unauthorized reads and writes. The listed CVSS v3.1 vector is 8.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).
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