Description
The BSON buffer-reservation API in the MongoDB C Driver can record a length smaller than the five-byte BSON minimum. Later append or comparison operations can underflow unsigned length calculations and read or write outside the document buffer. An actor who can influence the length supplied by an embedding application can cause the application to terminate or read or corrupt adjacent process memory. Reaching this issue requires the application to pass an undersized value to bson_reserve_buffer and then perform an affected operation.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| MongoDB | C Driver | 1.4.0 – < 1.30.13, 2.0.0 – < 2.5.6 | 1.30.13 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | mongo-c-driver | 2.5.6-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | mongo-c-driver | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | mongo-c-driver | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | mongo-c-driver | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | mongo-c-driver | No fix yet | — |
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS | mongo-c-driver | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS | mongo-c-driver | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | mongo-c-driver | No fix yet | — |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2026-3830 MongoDB Treiber: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Oct 27, 2026