CVE-2026-96747: Forced local Unix socket connection via dot-sock KMS endpoint in client-side field encryption
MongoDB · Python Driver
Vendor fix available · Affected: MongoDB Python Driver · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 8% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
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.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- MongoDB · Python Driverfrom 3.9.0 before 4.18.2
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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
- Weakness
- Server-Side Request Forgery
- Vendor
- MongoDB
- Published
- September 2026
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