# CERT-FR Advisory: MongoDB Driver Vulnerabilities

Published: 2026-10-12 · Severity: elevated · Sectors: technology
Canonical: https://vorant.io/reports/8abd7184-0629-5bcf-b5a1-0fcbaa35674d/cert-fr-advisory-mongodb-driver-vulnerabilities

> CERT-FR warns of multiple vulnerabilities in MongoDB drivers (C, C++, Go, PHP, Python) and libmongocrypt enabling remote denial of service; no active exploitation reported.

CERT-FR published an advisory consolidating multiple vulnerabilities disclosed by MongoDB affecting various official drivers and the libmongocrypt library. The affected components span the C Driver (versions 2.5.x before 2.5.6 and versions before 1.30.13), C++ Driver (before 4.6.1), Go Driver (before 2.9.2), libmongocrypt (before 1.20.5), PHP Driver (multiple branches before 2.1.11, 2.5.4, and 1.21.11), and Python Driver (before 4.18.3). These drivers are widely used by applications to connect to MongoDB databases, meaning the vulnerabilities primarily impact client-side applications rather than the MongoDB server itself, though Ops Manager is also referenced.

The primary risk identified is remote denial of service, along with at least one unspecified security issue not detailed by the vendor. The advisory references a large number of CVEs (over 35) tied to individual MongoDB JIRA security tickets (CDRIVER, CXX, GODRIVER, MONGOCRYPT, PHPC, PYTHON series) all dated around October 8-9, 2026. No evidence of active exploitation in the wild is mentioned in the advisory.

Defenders running applications that embed any of the listed MongoDB drivers or libmongocrypt should prioritize upgrading to the fixed versions referenced in the vendor's security bulletins. Given the number of affected driver ecosystems (multiple languages), organizations should inventory which applications use MongoDB client libraries and verify driver versions as part of patch management, as transitive dependencies in application code may not be immediately visible to security teams.

## Mentioned in this report

- Vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-71329, CVE-2025-71330, CVE-2026-12802, CVE-2026-12817, CVE-2026-13506, CVE-2026-13586, CVE-2026-14682, CVE-2026-15055, CVE-2026-2303, CVE-2026-56876, CVE-2026-58059, CVE-2026-58061, CVE-2026-58063, CVE-2026-59639, CVE-2026-59640, CVE-2026-59642, CVE-2026-59647, CVE-2026-59648, CVE-2026-59649, CVE-2026-73088, CVE-2026-73089, CVE-2026-75595, CVE-2026-75596, CVE-2026-75899, CVE-2026-75931, CVE-2026-75975, CVE-2026-76172, CVE-2026-84304, CVE-2026-84369, CVE-2026-84370, CVE-2026-84375, CVE-2026-84445, CVE-2026-8763

Source reporting: https://www.cert.ssi.gouv.fr/avis/CERTFR-2026-AVI-1293

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