CVE-2026-81525

Cross-tenant database retargeting via dot/NUL injection in namespace strings in the PHP Driver

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: August 27, 2026 at 06:32 PM UTC
Updated: September 29, 2026 at 07:17 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorPHP DriverPHP Library

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The MongoDB client library for PHP does not sufficiently sanitize special elements in application-supplied namespace identifiers before using them to construct the target namespace for database operations. An application that incorporates untrusted text into these identifiers may have operations silently directed at a different storage location than the one the application intended.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.21.62.0.0 ≤ v < 2.4.12.0.0
Affected range stops below 1.21.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.4.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 1.21.42.0.0 ≤ v < 2.4.12.0.0
Affected range stops below 1.21.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.4.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.1HIGHmongodb
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-943

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