Vulnerability in MongoDB Compass

[ Description ]Official description

MongoDB Compass improperly escapes certain BSON values when converting a stored view’s aggregation pipeline into editable source. When a user connects to a MongoDB deployment containing a specially crafted view and opens that view for editing, the values can cause arbitrary code to execute with the privileges of the user running Compass.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ Advisories ]Government CERT advisories

• BSI CERT-Bund21 Oct 2026WID-SEC-2026-4110

  MongoDB Compass: Vulnerability allows code execution Translated from German

  Risk highCVE-2026-113870

[ References ]References

• www.mongodb.com/docs/compass/release-notes