CVE-2026-96748

Publication date 24 September 2026

Last updated 1 October 2026

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

PyMongo's connection string parsing decodes percent-encoded characters in the host portion before the host list is separated on its delimiters. When an application places a hostname value supplied by an unauthenticated party into a connection string, that party may cause additional servers of their choosing to be added to the application's database client. The application may then send its authentication exchange and database operations to one of those servers, which can observe limited information and return altered results.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
pymongo	26.04 LTS resolute	Needs evaluation
	24.04 LTS noble	Needs evaluation
	22.04 LTS jammy	Needs evaluation
	20.04 LTS focal	Needs evaluation
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	16.04 LTS xenial	Needs evaluation
	14.04 LTS trusty	Needs evaluation

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:

Base score 8.3 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Attack requirements	Present
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Vulnerable system - Confidentiality impact	Low
Vulnerable system - Integrity impact	High
Vulnerable system - Availability impact	None
Subsequent system - Confidentiality impact	None
Subsequent system - Integrity impact	None
Subsequent system - Availability impact	None

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.3 · High
Base + Threat score	-
Base + Environmental score	-
Base + Threat + Environmental score	-

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Base score 6.5 · Medium