# CVE-2026-126835: MongoDB Node.js Driver bearer token leak in OIDC authentication

- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Attention: Reference. No open trigger. (last checked 2026-11-12)
- Published: 2026-11-12 · Updated: 2026-11-12

CVE-2026-126835 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 5.9 (medium) and affects Node.js Driver; no fixed version is listed yet.

## Summary

The MongoDB Node.js Driver does not consistently enforce its allowed-hosts restriction during OIDC authentication, so a bearer token from the application's own login callback can be sent to a host outside the configured set, exposing that credential. An attacker who can influence the connection settings the application passes to the driver can trigger this remotely without logging in, though a user action is still needed.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- MongoDB Node.js Driver: from 6.7.0

## Description

The MongoDB Node.js driver does not consistently enforce its permitted-host restriction during OIDC authentication. A bearer token produced by the embedding application's own login callback may therefore be transmitted to a host outside the configured set of permitted hosts, which may result in unintended disclosure of that credential. No database account is required; the party supplying the connection configuration needs only to influence the settings the application passes to the driver.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on MongoDB Node.js Driver, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Check your systems with an agent

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Check whether my systems are affected by CVE-2026-126835 ([Node.js Driver] OIDC ENVIRONMENT confusion bypasses ALLOWED_HOSTS and leaks human-callback bearer tokens), using the cve.now data below.

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What cve.now has for CVE-2026-126835 (entry last updated 2026-11-12):
Affected:
- MongoDB Node.js Driver: from 6.7.0
Fixed versions: none listed yet.
Setup: unknown whether the bug needs a non-default feature or setting. Check the advisory.
CISA KEV: CVE-2026-126835 is not listed as of cve.now's last read.
This KEV status is for CVE-2026-126835 only. If you also check another CVE, look up its own KEV status; never assume it from this one.

How to check:
- Installed software: check what is actually running, not what a repo declares. Read the version from each host, container image and Kubernetes node (the binary's version output, the OS package database, image layers), and check whether the conditions above hold there. Distribution packages may carry a backported fix under an older version number; confirm against the distribution's own advisory.

Verify against the linked advisories before concluding, and cite the date you read each one:
- https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/releases/tag/v7.9.0
Do not conclude an asset is unaffected unless you checked it and the evidence covers both its version and the conditions above. If you could not check something, mark it unknown and say what is missing.

Report a table with one row per asset and these columns: Asset | Version or build | Status (affected, fixed, not applicable, unknown) | Compensating controls | Exposure (internet-facing, internal, none) | Evidence | Next action.

Entry: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-126835
For follow-up questions, use the cve.now MCP server at https://mcp.cve.now/mcp (no authentication), for example execute with name cve.get and arguments {"id": "CVE-2026-126835"}.
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## FAQ

### Is CVE-2026-126835 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-126835

### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-126835?

Node.js Driver: from 6.7.0.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-126835

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## References

### CVE record

Establishes: The identifier and description.

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-126835
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-126835

### Other links

- https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/releases/tag/v7.9.0

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