CVE-2026-75159

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.95.9—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.9 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-27. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.9; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
5.9EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.9Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

An unauthenticated client that can reach a MongoDB Connector for BI deployment configured with Kerberos authentication may cause mongosqld to terminate when a crafted authentication exchange encounters a specific GSSAPI error-handling condition. This can interrupt BI Connector availability until the process restarts.

CVSS v3
5.9
EG Score
5.9(high)
EG Risk
27(Track)
EG Risk 27/100SSVC: 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
Severity59% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
18%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 27, 2026

Last Modified

August 28, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 27, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Release Notes for MongoDB Connector for BI - BI Connector - MongoDB Docs

https://www.mongodb.com/docs/bi-connector/current/release-notes/#mongodb-connector-for-bi-2.14.30

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-75159(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 12× in last 7d / 12× 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. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-29 21:08 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-29 21:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-28 21:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-27 20:27 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-27 20:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-27 20:17 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-27 20:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-27 17:24 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-27 16:46 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-27 16:43 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-75159?
CVE-2026-75159 is a medium vulnerability published on August 27, 2026. An unauthenticated client that can reach a MongoDB Connector for BI deployment configured with Kerberos authentication may cause mongosqld to terminate when a crafted authentication exchange encounters a specific GSSAPI error-handling condition. This can interrupt BI Connector availability until…
When was CVE-2026-75159 disclosed?
CVE-2026-75159 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 27, 2026, with the most recent update on August 28, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-75159 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-75159 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 82.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-75159?
CVE-2026-75159 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-75159?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-75159, 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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