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TI-2016-02602 Aliases CVE-2016-3104GHSA-pcc8-h4hw-2238

mongod in MongoDB 2.6, when using 2.4-style users, and 2.4 allow remote attackers to…

Priority LOW 38CWE-400Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

mongod in MongoDB 2.6, when using 2.4-style users, and 2.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and process termination) by leveraging in-memory database representation when authenticating against a non-existent database.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02489 84th 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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.4.0VulnerableMongoDB
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.6.0VulnerableMongoDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.4.0 Vulnerable ·MongoDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.6.0 Vulnerable ·MongoDB

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno)AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo)AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty)AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Satellite 6AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Software CollectionsAffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Storage Console 2AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Subscription Asset ManagerAffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-3104
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pcc8-h4hw-2238

References

Advisory 2

  • 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
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Sources

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