Silent field truncation via unchecked int cast of huge JSON string values in JSON-to-BSON parser
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
An incorrect numeric conversion in the JSON parsing component of the MongoDB C Driver's BSON library may cause an unusually large text value to be silently shortened, or the corresponding field to be omitted, while the parsing operation still reports success and returns no error. An unauthenticated party who can supply the input processed by an application that uses this component may cause that application to hold data that does not match what was submitted, which may result in unintended alteration of data.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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 C Driver (MongoDB) Fixed in 1.30.9, 2.5.2
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
MongoDB C Driver 1.30.9, 2.5.2
4 records Highest priority Priority LOW 4 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-58387 Heap corruption via OCSP request double free from crafted multi-URL certificate in TLS clientPriority LOW 35
- TI-2026-58392 Heap overflow via truncated base64 encoding of binary fields in length-limited JSON outputPriority LOW 28
- TI-2026-58388 Heap write primitive via size round-up wrap during JSON parsing on 32-bit buildsPriority LOW 25
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-84963
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
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