Heap-buffer-over-read in _mongoc_http_send via strstr on non-null-terminated buffer
Priority LOW 10CWE-158Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
A compromised third party cloud server or man-in-the-middle attacker could send a malformed HTTP response and cause a crash in applications using the MongoDB C driver.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00198 9th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed MongoDB C Driver (MongoDB Inc): 2.2.3
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
Remediation
- Fix · CNA MongoDB C Driver (MongoDB Inc) Fixed in 2.2.3
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-4359
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3548-98v9-6pq6
References
More MongoDB C Driver vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-62966 Heap overflow via oversized decrypted TLS record sequence in Windows Secure Channel stream CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
- TI-2026-05870 MongoDB C Driver Cyrus SASL Canonicalization Buffer Overflow CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2026-62968 Integer Underflow → Heap Out-of-Bounds Read in `bson_new_from_buffer() CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2024-07001 Accessing Untrusted Directory May Allow Local Privilege Escalation CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2026-58387 Heap corruption via OCSP request double free from crafted multi-URL certificate in TLS client CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
- TI-2023-00414 MongoDB client C Driver may infinitely loop when validating certain BSON input data CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-4359 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-4359 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3548-98v9-6pq6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-4359 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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