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Medium · 6.4 CVE-2026-8201 EUVD-2026-29892GHSA-r8cx-9wfm-r3m7

Use-After-Free in MongoDB FLE Query Analysis When Processing Positional Projections on Encrypted Fields

Published May 13, 2026 · Updated May 13, 2026 · Assigned by mongodb

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in MongoDB's Field-Level Encryption (FLE) query analysis component, affecting client-side uses of mongocryptd and crypt_shared. Triggering this vulnerability requires control over the structure of a client's FLE-related query.

This issue impacts MongoDB Server’s mongocryptd component v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.34, v8.0 versions prior to 8.0.23, v8.2 versions prior to 8.2.9 and v8.3 versions prior to 8.3.2.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
MongoDB MongoDB Server 7.0 – < 7.0.34, 8.0 – < 8.0.23, 8.2 – < 8.2.9, 8.3 – < 8.3.2 7.0.34

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
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS mongodb No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS mongodb No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS mongodb No fix yet —
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS mongodb No fix yet —

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