On January 02, 2026, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ordered federal agencies to patch a critical MongoDB Server vulnerability, "MongoBleed" (CVE-2025-14847), by January 19, 2026. This high-severity flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to leak sensitive data from self-managed MongoDB instances. MongoDB Atlas users were automatically protected; however, self-hosted deployments require immediate upgrades to fixed versions or disabling zlib compression. CISA confirmed active exploitation of the vulnerability, added to its KEV catalog on December 29, 2025.
CISA Orders Urgent Patching for Critical MongoDB Server Vulnerability