CVE-2026-9741CWE-319
Client side encryption fails to encrypt values in a $vectorSearch
High · published June 9, 2026
What it is
A bug in query analysis processing of the $vectorSearch aggregation stage for Queryable Encryption (QE) or Client-Side Field Level Encryption (CSFLE) results in literal values for encrypted fields within the $vectorSearch stage filter expressions to be sent to the server as plaintext instead of ciphertext.
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Technical detail
- CVSS v4.0
- 7.1 · HIGH
- Vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- EPSS
- 0.00159 · 4.7th percentile
- Weakness
- CWE-319 · Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
- Published
- 2026-06-09T21:56Z
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