CVE-2026-18712

HIGHPre-NVD 8.18.1—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-11. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
8.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.1Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

An issue in MongoDB Server's Queryable Encryption maintenance operations could allow an authenticated user with privileges on one encrypted collection to cause unauthorized modification or destruction of data belonging to a different collection. This is due to insufficient validation of certain internal metadata references before they are used to perform operations on other namespaces.

CVSS v3
8.1
EG Score
8.1(high)
EG Risk
37(Track)
EG Risk 37/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity81% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 11, 2026

Last Modified

August 11, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 11, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
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https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-130633

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-18712(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 29× in last 7d / 41× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-20 17:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-20 06:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-19 19:18 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-19 19:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-19 08:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-18 20:51 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-18 20:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-18 09:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-17 22:31 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-17 22:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-17 11:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-17 00:10 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-17 00:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-16 13:00 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-16 13:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-16 01:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-15 14:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-15 03:30 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-15 03:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-08-14 16:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-14 05:09 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-14 05:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-13 17:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-13 06:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-12 19:38 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-12 19:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-12 08:28 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-12 08:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-11 21:18 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-11 20:31 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-11 19:18 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-11 19:01 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-11 19:01 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-18712?
CVE-2026-18712 is a high vulnerability published on August 11, 2026. An issue in MongoDB Server's Queryable Encryption maintenance operations could allow an authenticated user with privileges on one encrypted collection to cause unauthorized modification or destruction of data belonging to a different collection. This is due to insufficient validation of certain…
When was CVE-2026-18712 disclosed?
CVE-2026-18712 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 11, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-18712 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-18712 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 92.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-18712?
CVE-2026-18712 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-18712?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-18712, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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