CVE-2026-13065

MongoDB $linearFill Window Function Improper Input Validation Leading to Process Termination

State: Published
Severity: 7.1 High
Published: Jul 22, 2026
Updated: Jul 23, 2026
Reserved: Jun 23, 2026

Description

A user with read-only privileges is able to craft an aggregation pipeline using the $linearFill window function operator with a specific sortBy expression type to cause the mongod process to terminate abnormally, resulting in denial of service. The issue stems from insufficient validation of sort specifications during execution.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	7.1 High	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	mongodb
3.1	6.5 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	mongodb

Weaknesses

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

Affected Products

Product	Versions
MongoDB ServerMongoDB	7.0 to before 7.0.39Affected 8.0 to before 8.0.28Affected 8.2.0 to before 8.2.12Affected 8.3.0 to before 8.3.7Affected

References

https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-127280

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