# CVE-2026-116641: The DB Tools trust certificates issued by recoverable eMudhra intermediate CAs

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-112513, GHSA-5J5X-575J-VR62
- Severity: CVSS 7.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 100.20.0
- Published: 2026-10-28 · Updated: 2026-10-29

## Summary

The DB Tools software is affected because it trusts certificates issued by certain recoverable eMudhra intermediate certificate authorities, since the build used a Go version that lacked the newer denylist entries for those CAs. This could allow TLS connections to be made with certificates from those authorities that should not be trusted.

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## Affected

- MongoDB Database Tools: fixed in 100.20.0

## Description

The DB Tools rely on the TLS implementation in Golang’s standard library, which generally uses the system CA store. However, the crypto/x509 package also has its own internal denylist of known-bad CA certificates. Golang 1.27.3 adds the eMudhra certificates to this list. DB Tools version 100.19.0 was compiled with Golang 1.26.8, which does not include this check. The issue is resolved by updating to Golang 1.27.3 in DB Tools 100.20.0

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on MongoDB Database Tools, upgrade to a fixed version (100.20.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.mongodb.com/docs/database-tools/release-notes/dbtools-100.20.0-changelog/

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