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GHSA-V7Q4-VCCC-3JXG

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-18 18:31 – Updated: 2026-05-18 18:31

Details

This issue affects MongoDB Server v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.32, v8.0 versions prior to 8.0.21 and v8.2 versions prior to 8.2.6

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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

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CVE-2026-8843 (GCVE-0-2026-8843)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-18 15:40 – Updated: 2026-05-19 12:53

Title

Calling createIndex with certain index types can crash mongod

Summary

Creating a "2dsphere_bucket" index on a non-timeseries bucket collection will succeed, but any subsequent attempt to insert a document which triggers updating that index will crash the server. A similar issue occurs when creating "queryable_encrypted_range" indices. This issue affects MongoDB Server v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.32, v8.0 versions prior to 8.0.21 and v8.2 versions prior to 8.2.6

Severity

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

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE

CWE-617 - Reachable Assertion

Assigner

mongodb

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-116327	issue-tracking

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
MongoDB, Inc.	MongoDB Server	Affected: 7.0 , < 7.0.32 (custom) Affected: 8.0 , < 8.0.21 (custom) Affected: 8.2 , < 8.2.6 (custom)

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-V7Q4-VCCC-3JXG

CVE-2026-8843 (GCVE-0-2026-8843)

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