Mongoid ODM clientside encryption schema flaw leads to cleartext data
CVE-2026-126817 Published on November 13, 2026

Mongoid stores encrypted fields in plaintext when two models share a collection
A flaw in the automatic client-side encryption schema generation of the Mongoid ODM may cause values that an application declared for encryption to be written and stored as cleartext when more than one model is mapped onto the same storage location. No error or warning is raised. A party holding an ordinary read-only database account, with no access to the encryption key material, may then obtain those values in clear form.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-126817 can be exploited with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity and availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE

Weakness Type

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

The application stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere. Because the information is stored in cleartext, attackers could potentially read it. Even if the information is encoded in a way that is not human-readable, certain techniques could determine which encoding is being used, then decode the information.


Affected Versions

MongoDB Ruby Driver: