Vulnerability · CVE-2026-8431
An administrative user with access to configure webhooks can execute arbitrary commands by configuring and then triggering webhooks containing specific FreeMarker template syntax.
Published May 12, 2026 · catalog updated Sep 24, 2026 · ops manager
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-8431. EPSS is 0.70%. Act only if a listed version of ops manager is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Critical9.4
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.70%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe mongodb/ops manager
An administrative user with access to configure webhooks can execute arbitrary commands by configuring and then triggering webhooks containing specific FreeMarker template syntax. This issue affects all MongoDB Ops Manager 7.0 versions and MongoDB Ops Manager versions 8.0.22 and prior.
Are you affected?
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- cpe mongodb/ops managerversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2026-8431
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-8431. EPSS is 0.70%. Act only if a listed version of ops manager is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-77: Command Injection. EPSS 0.70%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
May 12, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
An administrative user with access to configure webhooks can execute arbitrary commands by configuring and then triggering webhooks containing specific FreeMarker template syntax. This issue affects all MongoDB Ops Manager 7.0 versions and MongoDB Ops Manager versions 8.0.22 and prior.
Sep 24, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
An administrative user with access to configure webhooks can execute arbitrary commands by configuring and then triggering webhooks containing specific FreeMarker template syntax. This issue affects all MongoDB Ops Manager 7.0 versions and MongoDB Ops Manager versions 8.0.22 and prior.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-8431
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-8431
30-day exploitation probability 0.7%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-8431
An administrative user with access to configure webhooks can execute arbitrary commands by configuring and then triggering webhooks containing specific FreeMarker template syntax. This issue affects all MongoDB Ops Manager 7.0 versions and MongoDB Ops Manager versions 8.0.22
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.