high severity · published 2026-11-12
An unauthenticated party who can forge or alter the DNS SRV response for a mongodb+srv:// connection string can redirect the driver's connection to a host of their choice. TLS does not prevent this, and the driver can end up connected outside the expected domain.
Fixed in: 7.8.0
CVE: CVE-2026-126837
Source: NVD
You are affected if the installed version is older than 7.8.0. Check the version you have and update to 7.8.0 or later. The fixed version is verified against a vendor or advisory source.
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