Specific GeoQuery can cause DoS against MongoDB Server
Priority LOW 31CWE-755Published · 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: 4 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 cause denial of service by issuing specially crafted queries, which violate an invariant in the query subsystem's support for geoNear. This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.4 versions prior to 4.4.0-rc7; MongoDB Server v4.2 versions prior to 4.2.8 and MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.19.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01302 70th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial MongoDB Server (MongoDB Inc.): 4.4.0-rc7, 4.2.8, 4.0.19Red Hat: 4 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MongoDB | MongoDB Server | 4.4 to before 4.4.0-rc7; 4.2 to before 4.2.8; 4.0 to before 4.0.19 | 4.4.0-rc7, 4.2.8, 4.0.19 | Patch available | CNA |
- MongoDB Server VendorMongoDB Affected 4.4 to before 4.4.0-rc7; 4.2 to before 4.2.8; 4.0 to before 4.0.19 Fixed in 4.4.0-rc7, 4.2.8, 4.0.19 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.0 to before 4.0.19; 4.2 to before 4.2.8; 4.4 to before 4.4.0 | Vulnerable | MongoDB |
- cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 to before 4.0.19; 4.2 to before 4.2.8; 4.4 to before 4.4.0 Vulnerable ·MongoDB
Remediation
- Fix · CNA MongoDB Server (MongoDB Inc.) Fixed in 4.4.0-rc7, 4.2.8, 4.0.19
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Software Collections | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Update Infrastructure 3 for Cloud Providers | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-7923
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2cg2-x4m3-3vpp
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-2020-7923 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-7923 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2cg2-x4m3-3vpp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2020-7923 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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