---
id: "CVE-2026-115930"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-115930"]
title: "MongoDB Shell: bundled Node.js trusts recoverable eMudhra intermediate CA certificates"
severity: "high"
cvss: 7.6
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["database-admins", "developers", "mongodb", "mongosh", "node.js", "package"]
not_affected_if: ["mongosh-2.14.0-or-later", "patched-node-runtime"]
published_at: "2026-10-26T15:16:39+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-26T16:02:25+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-26T16:03:38+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115930", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-26T16:02:25+00:00"}]
---

# MongoDB Shell: bundled Node.js trusts recoverable eMudhra intermediate CA certificates

The mongosh shell ships a Node.js runtime whose TLS root certificate store contains eMudhra intermediate CA certificates that can be recovered. An attacker holding those keys could issue certificates that mongosh accepts as trusted.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Run `mongosh --version` and confirm it is below `2.14.0`
- If installed through npm, run `node --version` on the host and confirm it is below `24.22.1`

## Fix

- Update mongosh to `2.14.0` or later, which bundles Node.js `24.22.1` or later
- If mongosh was installed through npm, update the host Node.js runtime to `24.22.1` or later separately

## Timeline

- 2026-10-26T16:02:25+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115930

## From the sources

The MongoDB Shell (mongosh) relies on Node.js as a third-party runtime that carries its own TLS root certificate store. This certificate store has the recoverable eMudhra intermediate CA certificates. This issue impacts MongoDB Shell (mongosh) versions prior to 2.14.0 and can be resolved by updating to mongosh 2.14.0 which bundles Node.js 24.22.1 or later. If mongosh is installed through npm, it uses the Node.js runtime installed on the host; update that runtime separately.

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