CVE-2026-82054

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

State
Published
Severity
7.1 High
Published
Sep 8, 2026
Updated
Sep 8, 2026
Reserved
Aug 27, 2026

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Description

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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.07.1 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:Nmongodb
3.16.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hmongodb

Weaknesses

  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Affected Products

ProductVersions
MongoDB ServerMongoDB
  • 8.3.0 to before 8.3.9Affected
  • 8.0.0 to before 8.0.30Affected
  • 7.0.0 to before 7.0.41Affected

References

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