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TI-2024-10124 Aliases CVE-2024-10921GHSA-rvjg-858g-pwh4

Improper neutralization of null bytes may lead to buffer over-reads in MongoDB Server

Priority LOW 38CWE-158Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

An authorized user may trigger crashes or receive the contents of buffer over-reads of Server memory by issuing specially crafted requests that construct malformed BSON in the MongoDB Server. This issue affects MongoDB Server v5.0 versions prior to 5.0.30 , MongoDB Server v6.0 versions prior to 6.0.19, MongoDB Server v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.15 and MongoDB Server v8.0 versions prior to and including 8.0.2.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00553 46th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed MongoDB Server (MongoDB Inc): 5.0.30, 6.0.19, 7.0.15 +1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
MongoDBMongoDB Server5.0 to before 5.0.30; 6.0 to before 6.0.19; 7.0 to before 7.0.15; 8.0 to before 8.0.35.0.30, 6.0.19, 7.0.15, 8.0.3Patch availableCNA
  • MongoDB Server VendorMongoDB Affected 5.0 to before 5.0.30; 6.0 to before 6.0.19; 7.0 to before 7.0.15; 8.0 to before 8.0.3 Fixed in 5.0.30, 6.0.19, 7.0.15, 8.0.3 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.0 to before 5.0.30; 6.0.0 to before 6.0.19; 7.0.0 to before 7.0.15; 8.0.0 to before 8.0.3VulnerableMongoDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.0 to before 5.0.30; 6.0.0 to before 6.0.19; 7.0.0 to before 7.0.15; 8.0.0 to before 8.0.3 Vulnerable ·MongoDB

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA MongoDB Server (MongoDB Inc) Fixed in 5.0.30, 6.0.19, 7.0.15, 8.0.3

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-10921
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rvjg-858g-pwh4

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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Sources

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