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High · 7.1 CVE-2026-120956 EUVD-2026-116135

remote abort and memory disclosure from a malformed cursor.ns

Published Nov 3, 2026 · Updated Nov 3, 2026 · Assigned by mongodb

Description

The MongoDB C Driver does not validate the type or format of a namespace field returned by the server in a query response. A MongoDB endpoint that a client application connects to, without needing any credentials, can return a malformed value in that field. This causes the client application process to terminate, and can also cause the driver to read memory outside an allocated buffer and to send a small amount of the application's own uninitialized heap memory back to the endpoint in a follow-up command. The impact is limited to the process that embeds the driver.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
MongoDB C Driver 1.25.0 – ≤ 1.30.14, 2.0.0 – ≤ 2.5.7 —

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 mongo-c-driver 2.5.8-1 —
Debian 13 mongo-c-driver No fix yet —
Debian 12 mongo-c-driver No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed mongo-c-driver 2.5.8-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:12437-1

Advisories 2

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