Forced local Unix socket connection via dot-sock KMS endpoint in client-side field encryption (MongoDB Python Driver)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.19 % · percentile 9 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- mongodb
- NVD status
- Awaiting Analysis
Description
The client-side field level encryption support in the MongoDB Python Driver can treat a key management endpoint value ending in ".sock" as a local Unix domain socket path rather than a remote host. A user with write access to the encryption key metadata stored in the database can cause an application using the driver to open connections to local sockets on the application host. Data sent over these connections is limited to the start of a TLS handshake, so no chosen content is transmitted.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-918 — Server-Side Request Forgery
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 4.0 | MEDIUM 5.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N | mongodb |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N | mongodb |
| CVSS 4.0 | MEDIUM 5.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X | NVD · cna@mongodb.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N | NVD · cna@mongodb.com (Secondary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-qx36-8mw2-4r3x — PyMongo: PYTHON-5990 Forced Unix domain socket connection via a .sock KMS endpoint in client-side field level encryption
- PYSEC-2026-4295 — PyMongo: PYTHON-5990 Forced Unix domain socket connection via a .sock KMS endpoint in client-side field level encryption
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-86346
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-96747
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1234 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans MongoDB · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| MongoDB · Python Driver | affected 3.9.0 < 4.18.2 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |