CVE-2026-126837: Attacker able to redirect a client's database traffic to a host they control via special characters in an SRV target, bypassing the SRV parent-domain guard
MongoDB · Node.js Driver
Vendor fix available · Affected: MongoDB Node.js Driver · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
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DescriptionCVE.org
A validation flaw in the DNS SRV host discovery of the MongoDB Node.js driver may cause the driver to connect to a host outside the expected domain. For a mongodb+srv:// connection string, the driver checks each host name in the DNS SRV response against the domain of the connection string. The driver then builds the connection address from the original name, in which certain characters end the host name early. An unauthenticated party who can forge or change the DNS SRV response may redirect the connection to a host of their choice. TLS does not prevent this, because the driver verifies the server certificate against the redirected host name. This may result in unintended disclosure of application data and authentication credentials, and in altered query results. Applications that use mongodb:// connection strings are not affected.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- MongoDB · Node.js Driverfrom 3.3.3 before 7.8.0
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- MongoDB
- Published
- November 2026
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