CVE-2026-6691 Affecting mongo-c-driver package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
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- published1 May 2026
- disclosed6 May 2026
Introduced: 1 May 2026
CVE-2026-6691 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Debian:11 mongo-c-driver.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mongo-c-driver package and not the mongo-c-driver package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.
The MongoDB C Driver's Cyrus SASL integration performs unsafe string copying during username canonicalization, enabling a heap buffer overflow before any authentication or network traffic. This may be triggered by passing untrusted input in the username of a MongoDB URI with authMechanism=GSSAPI.