TI-2026-11121 Aliases CVE-2026-13072 GHSA-wvx7-gr2m-7rf5

MongoDB Improper Input Validation in Compute Mode External Data Processing Leading to Memory Corruption

MEDIUM 42CWE-122Published 2026-07-22 · Updated 2026-07-24

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: High
Attack requirements: Present
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-122 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

When compute mode is enabled on a standalone mongod instance, insufficient validation of externally sourced BSON data during aggregation pipeline processing can result in memory corruption, potentially leading to process termination or other unintended behavior. This configuration is non-default and requires explicit enablement at startup.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00404 34th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed MongoDB Server (MongoDB): 7.0.39, 8.0.28, 8.2.12 +1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

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Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
MongoDB	MongoDB Server	7.0 to before 7.0.39; 8.0 to before 8.0.28; 8.2.0 to before 8.2.12; 8.3.0 to before 8.3.7	7.0.39, 8.0.28, 8.2.12, 8.3.7	Patch available	CNA

MongoDB Server VendorMongoDB Affected 7.0 to before 7.0.39; 8.0 to before 8.0.28; 8.2.0 to before 8.2.12; 8.3.0 to before 8.3.7 Fixed in 7.0.39, 8.0.28, 8.2.12, 8.3.7 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb::::::::	7.0.0 to before 7.0.39; 8.0.0 to before 8.0.28; 8.2.0 to before 8.2.12; 8.3.0 to before 8.3.7	Vulnerable	MongoDB

cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.0 to before 7.0.39; 8.0.0 to before 8.0.28; 8.2.0 to before 8.2.12; 8.3.0 to before 8.3.7 Vulnerable ·MongoDB

Remediation

Fix · CNA MongoDB Server (MongoDB) Fixed in 7.0.39, 8.0.28, 8.2.12, 8.3.7

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

Release · 2026-07-22
MongoDB Server 7.0.39, 8.0.28 and 2 more versions
15 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 14 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-11108 Improper Validation of Client-Supplied Command Parameters Allowing Role-Based Access Control BypassPriority LOW 39
- TI-2026-11123 Awaitable Hello Command in Exhaust Mode Unthrottled Response Loop Leading to Denial of ServicePriority LOW 37
- TI-2026-11126 Out-of-Bounds Heap Read in BSON CodeWScope Element Parsing via Malformed BSONColumn DataPriority LOW 32
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Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-13072
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wvx7-gr2m-7rf5

References

Patch 1

https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-128494

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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