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TI-2022-08160 Aliases CVE-2022-24272GHSA-pg6q-x7mh-7cg2

MongoDB Server (mongod) may crash in response to unexpected requests

Priority LOW 31CWE-617Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-617.

Summary

An authenticated user may trigger an invariant assertion during command dispatch due to incorrect validation on the $external database. This may result in mongod denial of service or server crash. This issue affects: MongoDB Inc. MongoDB Server v5.0 versions, prior to and including v5.0.6.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01037 64th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
MongoDBMongoDB Server5.0 – 5.0.6—No fix listedCNA
  • MongoDB Server VendorMongoDB Affected 5.0 – 5.0.6 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.0 – 5.0.6VulnerableMongoDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.0 – 5.0.6 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 Openshift Container Storage 4AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Update Infrastructure 3 for Cloud ProvidersAffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4
  • Red Hat Satellite 6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-24272
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pg6q-x7mh-7cg2

References

Patch 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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Sources

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