Medium severity · published Aug 27, 2026
CVE-2026-81521
Cross-database write retargeting via unvalidated dotted database name in Client.BulkWrite in the MongoDB Go Driver
6.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The MongoDB Go Driver's client-level bulk write operation may accept a caller-supplied database name containing a reserved separator character without escaping it before the name is used to build the target namespace for the operation. An application that passes untrusted input as a database name could therefore have the write directed at a database and collection other than the ones it intended. Only the Client.BulkWrite API is affected.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 14% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
MongoDB · MongoDB
2.1.0 before 2.8.2; 2.9.0 before 2.9.2 · source: vendor
GD
GO Driver · Mongodb
2.1.0 before 2.8.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-81521
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-81521
jira.mongodb.org
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/GODRIVER-4075
pkg.go.dev
https://pkg.go.dev/go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/v2@v2.8.2
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