VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2026-96299

medium
Assigned by CNA: mongodb
Published 2026-10-13 · Modified 2026-10-13
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CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
7.1
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
VIR risk
6.5

Description

Missing limits on resource use in the match expression evaluator of MongoDB Server can cause the server to consume excessive memory. Internal schema validation operators that are meant only for server use are accepted in user-supplied query filters. When these operators are nested and applied to documents that contain arrays, the server evaluates every combination of array elements without a sufficient limit on the resources used. This can cause memory use to grow until the mongod process runs out of memory and terminates. The behavior can occur when an authenticated user with read-only privileges runs an aggregation query that nests these operators.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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References

CWEs

CWE-770

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.