A user authorized to access a view may be able to alter the intended collation, allowing them to access to a different or unintended view of underlying data. This issue affects MongoDB Server v5.0 version prior to 5.0.31, MongoDB Server v6.0 version prior to 6.0.20, MongoDB Server v7.0 version prior to 7.0.14 and MongoDB Server v7.3 versions prior to 7.3.4.
The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
Access control involves the use of several protection mechanisms such as:
When any mechanism is not applied or otherwise fails, attackers can compromise the security of the product by gaining privileges, reading sensitive information, executing commands, evading detection, etc. There are two distinct behaviors that can introduce access control weaknesses: