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CVE-2026-25611 (GCVE-0-2026-25611)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-10 17:52 – Updated: 2026-02-11 15:21
VLAI
Title
Pre-Authentication Memory Exhaustion Denial of Service in MongoDB Server
Summary
A series of specifically crafted, unauthenticated messages can exhaust available memory and crash a MongoDB server.
Severity
8.7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-02-11 15:20 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-405 - Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
MongoDB Inc MongoDB Server Affected: 8.2 , < 8.2.4 (semver)
Affected: 8.0 , < 8.0.18 (semver)
Affected: 7.0 , < 7.0.29 (semver)
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Credits
Vitaly Simonovich
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