CVE-2026-18701

Type Confusion in MongoDB Query Subsystem Leads to Denial of Service

State: Published
Severity: 7.1 High
Published: Aug 11, 2026
Updated: Aug 11, 2026
Reserved: Aug 3, 2026

Description

An issue in MongoDB Server's query subsystem could allow an authenticated user with read privileges to cause the server process to terminate unexpectedly by submitting a specially formed query filter. This could result in a denial of service.

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-843 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
MongoDB ServerMongoDB	8.3.0 to before 8.3.8Affected 8.0 to before 8.0.29Affected 7.0 to before 7.0.40Affected

References

https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-130111

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