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TI-2018-14776 Aliases CVE-2018-20805GHSA-h55v-wgpx-c3rf

Invariant with $elemMatch

Priority LOW 31CWE-834Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

A user authorized to perform database queries may trigger denial of service by issuing specially crafted queries, which perform an $elemMatch . This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.5 and MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.10.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01249 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial MongoDB Server (MongoDB Inc.): 3.6.10, 4.0.5Red Hat: 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
MongoDBMongoDB Server3.6 to before 3.6.10; 4.0 to before 4.0.53.6.10, 4.0.5Patch availableCNA
  • MongoDB Server VendorMongoDB Affected 3.6 to before 3.6.10; 4.0 to before 4.0.5 Fixed in 3.6.10, 4.0.5 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.6.0 to before 3.6.10; 4.0.0 to before 4.0.5VulnerableMongoDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.6.0 to before 3.6.10; 4.0.0 to before 4.0.5 Vulnerable ·MongoDB

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA MongoDB Server (MongoDB Inc.) Fixed in 3.6.10, 4.0.5

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Software CollectionsAffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
  • Red Hat Update Infrastructure 3 for Cloud Providers

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-20805
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h55v-wgpx-c3rf

References

Advisory 1

  • 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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