Internal ResourceId collision may affect unrelated collections
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The internal locking mechanism of the MongoDB server uses an internal encoding of the resources in order to choose what lock to take. Collections may inadvertently collide with one another in this representation causing unavailability between them due to conflicting locks.
Why it matters now
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MongoDB | MongoDB Server | 8.2 to before 8.2.4; 8.0 to before 8.0.18; 7.0 to before 7.0.29 | 8.2.4, 8.0.18, 7.0.29 | Patch available | CNA |
- MongoDB Server VendorMongoDB Affected 8.2 to before 8.2.4; 8.0 to before 8.0.18; 7.0 to before 7.0.29 Fixed in 8.2.4, 8.0.18, 7.0.29 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA MongoDB Server (MongoDB Inc) Fixed in 8.2.4, 8.0.18, 7.0.29
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
MongoDB Server 7.0.29, 8.0.18, 8.2.4
5 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-20718 Pre-Authentication Memory Exhaustion Denial of Service in MongoDB ServerPriority MEDIUM 45
- TI-2026-01522 Resource allocation without limits in MongoDB ServerPriority MEDIUM 41
- TI-2026-20720 An unsafe cast in the MongoDB query planner can result in a segmentation fault.Priority LOW 31
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-25612
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c488-mfgm-vqrf
References
More MongoDB vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-08023 Code injection in mongo-express KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2025-13542 Zlib compressed protocol header length confusion may allow memory read KEVCVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-79432 BSON output corruption via out-of-range binary subtype in MongoDB C# Driver CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-79424 NoSQL command injection via mismatched BSON length in MongoDB C# Driver CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-79422 Unbounded memory growth in MongoDB C# Driver BSON deserialization CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
- TI-2026-79427 Authentication bypass via issuer-and-serial-only certificate equality CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.6
Sources
- CVE-2026-25612 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-25612 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c488-mfgm-vqrf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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