MongoDB Server (mongod) may crash when generating ftdc
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- 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 unauthenticated user can trigger a fatal assertion in the server while generating ftdc diagnostic metrics due to attempting to build a BSON object that exceeds certain memory sizes. This issue affects MongoDB Server v5.0 versions prior to and including 5.0.16 and MongoDB Server v6.0 versions prior to and including 6.0.5.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-3374
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8j48-r5wc-gvr3
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-2024-3374 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-3374 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8j48-r5wc-gvr3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-3374 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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