# CVE-2026-114655: KMS request injection via unsanitized key vault and provider values in libmongocrypt

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-108330, GHSA-7MVQ-MG47-M88J
- Severity: CVSS 6.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/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: 1.21.1
- Published: 2026-10-22 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Summary

libmongocrypt, the client-side encryption library used with MongoDB, is affected when it sends requests to AWS, Azure, or GCP key management services. A user with write access to the key vault collection could alter those requests so that the library signs them with the application's credentials, potentially causing key operations to run with parameters the application did not intend.

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## Affected

- MongoDB libmongocrypt: from 1.0.0, fixed in 1.21.1

## Description

libmongocrypt builds requests to external key management services (AWS, Azure and GCP) by inserting values from key vault documents, KMS provider configuration and KMS responses into request lines, headers and signed request bodies without validating or encoding them for each context. A user with write access to the key vault collection can alter the structure of these requests, including adding members to request bodies and token claims that the library then signs with the application's credentials. This may result in key management operations being performed with parameters the application did not intend.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on MongoDB libmongocrypt, upgrade to a fixed version (1.21.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/MONGOCRYPT-963
- https://github.com/mongodb/libmongocrypt/releases/tag/1.21.1
- https://github.com/mongodb/libmongocrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-7mvq-mg47-m88j

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