CVSS 4.0
7.1 highCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NCVE-2026-120810 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in MongoDB Server Aggregation Framework via Internal Expression Leads to Denial of Service
High (7.1) in mongodb mongodb server. EPSS 0.3% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
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An issue in MongoDB server’s aggregation framework allows an authenticated user with read privileges to cause a denial of service by sending specially crafted aggregate commands using an internal expression. Despite its internal naming, this expression is registered as accessible to any authenticated client. By supplying crafted input parameters across multiple concurrent connections, each evaluation triggers unbounded memory allocations with no per-expression memory limits enforced. This can exhaust available server memory and cause the mongod process to be terminated by the operating system’s out-of-memory killer.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
6.5 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- EPSS
- 0.3% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; 24th percentile. Scored 2026-11-13. A forecast for this CVE across the internet, not for your own systems.
- CISA's assessment (SSVC)
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial, assessed 2026-11-13. From CISA's Vulnrichment in the CVE List: whether it is exploited, whether exploiting it can be automated, and how much control it gives.
- CWE
- CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
- Published
- Modified
- Assigned by
- mongodb (CNA)
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting analysis
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
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Affected
- mongodb:mongodb server
Versions
From the CNA's record in the CVE List.
| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| MongoDB Server | from 9.0.0 before 9.0.7 |
| MongoDB Server | from 8.3.0 before 8.3.16 |
| MongoDB Server | from 8.0.0 before 8.0.37 |
| MongoDB Server | from 7.0.0 before 7.0.48 |
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
The attack patterns MITRE's CAPEC relates to this record's weaknesses, as MITRE names them. Credits. More on the page of CWE-770 (20).