Paper/Archive/CVE-2026-59509

CVE-2026-59509

cve-search cve-search — Unauthenticated arbitrary MongoDB collection read in cve-search

Description · from the CVE record

An unauthenticated improper input validation vulnerability in the POST /fetch_cve_data endpoint in cve-search. A remote attacker can manipulate request parameters controlling the MongoDB collection, projected fields, and regular-expression filters to read arbitrary application MongoDB collections. This can expose administrative usernames and password hashes from the mgmt_users collection, enabling offline password cracking and potential administrative account compromise.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
cve-searchv4.0 – v6.0.0–CNA

Scores by source

CIRCL (CNA)9.2CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

References

patchgithub.com/cve-search/cve-search/pull/1218exploitgithub.com/cve-search/cve-search/issues/1217