CVE-2026-18687

Summary

MongoDB Server's handling of a Queryable Encryption maintenance operation did not properly validate certain request parameters against the collection's encrypted field configuration before use. An authenticated user with readWrite privileges could submit a specially formed request that leads to a server crash or excessive internal writes, resulting in resource exhaustion and corruption of encrypted index data.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
MongoDBMongoDB Server8.3.0 < 8.3.8affected
MongoDBMongoDB Server8.0 < 8.0.29affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-191: CWE-191: Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References