Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM WebSphere Automation is vulnerable to multiple CVEs affecting the mongod package within MongoDB.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2026-6914
DESCRIPTION: Computing the MD5 checksum of a malformed BSON object under specific conditions may cause loss of availability in MongoDB server.
This issue affects all MongoDB Server v8.2 versions, all MongoDB Server v8.1 versions, MongoDB Server v8.0 versions prior to 8.0.21, MongoDB Server v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.32
CWE: CWE-191: Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)
CVSS Source: NVD
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2026-6915
DESCRIPTION: An authorization flaw in the user management command could allow an authenticated user to make limited changes to authentication-related data associated with another user account. This could affect how authentication is performed for the impacted account.
CWE: CWE-1284: Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input
CVSS Source: NVD
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2026-8199
DESCRIPTION: An authenticated user can cause excess memory usage via bitwise match expression AST processing of $bitsAllSet, $bitsAnySet, $bitsAllClear, and $bitsAnyClear. This contributes to memory pressure and may lead to availability loss by OOM.
This issue impacts MongoDB Server v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.34, v8.0 versions prior to 8.0.23, v8.2 versions prior to 8.2.9 and v8.3 versions prior to 8.3.2.
CWE: CWE-1325: Improperly Controlled Sequential Memory Allocation
CVSS Source: cna@mongodb.com
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2026-8201
DESCRIPTION: A use-after-free vulnerability exists in MongoDB's Field-Level Encryption (FLE) query analysis component, affecting client-side uses of mongocryptd and crypt_shared. Triggering this vulnerability requires control over the structure of a client's FLE-related query.
This issue impacts MongoDB Server’s mongocryptd component v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.34, v8.0 versions prior to 8.0.23, v8.2 versions prior to 8.2.9 and v8.3 versions prior to 8.3.2.
CWE: CWE-416: Use After Free
CVSS Source: NVD
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM recommends that customers update to a supported version by referring the End of Support dates for WebSphere Automation.
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM WebSphere Automation | 1.12.0, 1.12.1 |
Remediation/Fixes
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to 1.13.0 or higher.
Follow https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ws-automation?topic=installing-validating-installation to confirm the WebSphere Automation operator version.
Follow https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ws-automation?topic=installing-updating-websphere-automation to update the WebSphere Automation operator installation.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
31 Jul 2026: Initial Publication
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Document Location
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Document Information
Modified date:
31 July 2026
Initial Publish date:
31 July 2026
UID
ibm17281617