The find prototype in scripting/engine_v8.h in MongoDB 2.4.0 through 2.4.4 allows remote…
Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-399Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · Partial · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
The find prototype in scripting/engine_v8.h in MongoDB 2.4.0 through 2.4.4 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (uninitialized pointer dereference and server crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid RefDB object.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.10112 95th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 5
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.4.0 | Vulnerable | MongoDB |
| cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.4.1 | Vulnerable | MongoDB |
| cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.4.2 | Vulnerable | MongoDB |
| cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.4.3 | Vulnerable | MongoDB |
| cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:2.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.4.4 | Vulnerable | MongoDB |
- cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.4.0 Vulnerable ·MongoDB
- cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.4.1 Vulnerable ·MongoDB
- cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.4.2 Vulnerable ·MongoDB
- cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.4.3 Vulnerable ·MongoDB
- cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:2.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.4.4 Vulnerable ·MongoDB
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| OpenShift Enterprise 1 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 | Affected | — |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2013-3969
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-27xw-phm9-jmx3
References
More Mongodb vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-13542 Zlib compressed protocol header length confusion may allow memory read KEVCVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2013-01669 MongoDB before 2.0.9 and 2.2.x before 2.2.4 does not properly validate requests to the… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.0
- TI-2026-56639 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in MongoDB Sharded Cluster Router Allows Unauthenticated Denial of Service CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-56628 Reachable assertion in MongoDB Server CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-15322 Improper Input Validation in MongoDB Aggregation Framework Allows Unauthenticated Denial of Service on mongos CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-08537 Unbounded recursion in BSONColumn interleaved-reference causes pre-auth stack overflow CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
Sources
- CVE-2013-3969 · CVE Program
- CVE-2013-3969 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-27xw-phm9-jmx3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2013-3969 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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