Medium severity · published Oct 24, 2026
CVE-2026-115929
MongoDB Compass trusts certificates issued by recoverable eMudhra intermediate CAs
New
6.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
MongoDB Compass relies on Electron, a third-party runtime that carries its own TLS root certificate store. This root certificate store has the recoverable eMudhra intermediate CA certificates. Issue is resolved by updating to Compass 1.53.1, which includes Electron 44.9.1.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 8% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CO
Compass · MongoDB, Inc.
before 1.53.1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115929
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-115929
blog.mozilla.org
https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2026/10/20/protecting-firefox-users-following-the-compromise-of-emudhra-intermediate-certificates/
github.com
https://github.com/mongodb-js/compass/releases/tag/v1.53.1
releases.electronjs.org
https://releases.electronjs.org/release/v44.9.1
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