CVE-2026-6691

Published: Mag 06, 2026 Last Modified: Mag 06, 2026
ExploitDB:
Other exploit source:
Google Dorks:
HIGH 8,6
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: local
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Confidentiality: N/A
Integrity: N/A
Availability: N/A
HIGH 7,8
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: local
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: required
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: high
Availability: high

Description

AI Translation Available

The MongoDB C Driver's Cyrus SASL integration performs unsafe string copying during username canonicalization, enabling a heap buffer overflow before any authentication or network traffic. This may be triggered by passing untrusted input in the username of a MongoDB URI with authMechanism=GSSAPI.

120

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

Incomplete
Abstraction: Base Structure: Simple
Common Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Integrity Confidentiality Availability
Potential Impacts:
Modify Memory Execute Unauthorized Code Or Commands Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart Dos: Resource Consumption (Cpu)
Applicable Platforms
Languages: Assembly, C, C++, Memory-Unsafe
Likelihood of Exploit: High
View CWE Details
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER-6134
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER-6134