Medium (6.5) in mongodb mongodb. EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
An authenticated user may trigger an invariant assertion during command dispatch due to incorrect validation on the $external database. This may result in mongod denial of service or server crash. This issue affects: MongoDB Inc. MongoDB Server v5.0 versions, prior to and including v5.0.6.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
6.5 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 63% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)