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TI-2026-56618 Aliases CVE-2026-82054GHSA-6wc7-3wqm-rgrj

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in MongoDB Server JSON Pointer Parser Leads to Denial of Service

Priority LOW 31CWE-770Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-770.

Summary

A security issue exists in MongoDB server's JSON Pointer parser used during $jsonSchema query filter processing. When a find command includes a specially crafted $jsonSchema filter field, the parser processes the input without enforcing adequate limits on iteration count or total allocation size, resulting in significant memory amplification. Under concurrent request load, the cumulative memory consumption can exhaust available heap memory, causing the server's out-of-memory handler to terminate the mongod process and deny service to all connected clients.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00402 34th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed MongoDB Server (MongoDB): 8.3.9, 8.0.30, 7.0.41

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
MongoDBMongoDB Server8.3.0 to before 8.3.9; 8.0.0 to before 8.0.30; 7.0.0 to before 7.0.418.3.9, 8.0.30, 7.0.41Patch availableCNA
  • MongoDB Server VendorMongoDB Affected 8.3.0 to before 8.3.9; 8.0.0 to before 8.0.30; 7.0.0 to before 7.0.41 Fixed in 8.3.9, 8.0.30, 7.0.41 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0.0 to before 7.0.41; 8.0.0 to before 8.0.30; 8.2.0 – 8.2.12; 8.3.0 to before 8.3.9VulnerableMongoDB
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:9.0.0:alpha0:*:*:-:-:*:*9.0.0 alpha0VulnerableMongoDB
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:9.0.0:alpha1:*:*:-:-:*:*9.0.0 alpha1VulnerableMongoDB
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:9.1.0:alpha0:*:*:-:-:*:*9.1.0 alpha0VulnerableMongoDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.0 to before 7.0.41; 8.0.0 to before 8.0.30; 8.2.0 – 8.2.12; 8.3.0 to before 8.3.9 Vulnerable ·MongoDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:9.0.0:alpha0:*:*:-:-:*:* Versions 9.0.0 alpha0 Vulnerable ·MongoDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:9.0.0:alpha1:*:*:-:-:*:* Versions 9.0.0 alpha1 Vulnerable ·MongoDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:9.1.0:alpha0:*:*:-:-:*:* Versions 9.1.0 alpha0 Vulnerable ·MongoDB

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA MongoDB Server (MongoDB) Fixed in 8.3.9, 8.0.30, 7.0.41

Fixed in the same release

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

  • Release ·

    MongoDB Server 7.0.41, 8.0.30, 8.3.9

    16 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 3 MEDIUM, 13 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-56639 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in MongoDB Sharded Cluster Router Allows Unauthenticated Denial of ServicePriority MEDIUM 44
    • TI-2026-56628 Reachable assertion in MongoDB ServerPriority MEDIUM 44
    • TI-2026-56631 Improper Case Sensitivity Handling in MongoDB Server Configuration Validation May Cause…Priority MEDIUM 42
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-82054
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6wc7-3wqm-rgrj

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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