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MongoDB Compass 1.44.0 < 1.49.12 Code Injection

high Nessus Plugin ID 359480

Synopsis

An application installed on the remote host is affected by a code injection vulnerability.

Description

The version of MongoDB Compass installed on the remote host is 1.44.0 prior to 1.49.12. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability:

 - MongoDB Compass can interpolate a database name without escaping into the initial input of its embedded MongoDB shell when a user opens the shell from that database's view. A user with privileges to create databases on a server that a Compass user connects to may, under specific conditions, have content evaluated as shell input within the Compass process, with that process's privileges. This requires the Compass user to open the shell for the affected database. (CVE-2026-96750)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to MongoDB Compass version 1.49.12 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/mongodb-js/compass/releases/tag/v1.49.12

https://www.mongodb.com/docs/compass/release-notes/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 359480

File Name: mongodb_compass_1_49_12.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.32

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-96750

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Threat Score: 4.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mongodb:compass

Required KB Items: installed_sw/MongoDB Compass

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/24/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-96750