Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Data Query Logic Affecting mongo-c-driver package, versions [1.30.3,1.30.11)[2.2.0,2.5.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.27% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-MONGOCDRIVER-20074890
  • published24 Sept 2026
  • disclosed10 Sept 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-88036  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-943  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mongo-c-driver to version 1.30.11, 2.5.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Data Query Logic via improper neutralization of special elements in the GridFS process. An attacker can access unauthorized file content or delete all file chunks by injecting query operators into file identifiers.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1