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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2026-9750 EUVD-2026-35866GHSA-qh22-j9ch-4x4c

Metadata name collision on $-prefixed fields causes post-auth server crash

Published Jun 9, 2026 · Updated Jun 10, 2026 · Assigned by mongodb

Description

An authenticated user can cause a MongoDB server to crash or return incorrect results by creating documents that interfere with internal metadata processing during query execution. This stems from insufficient separation between user-controlled document fields and internal metadata in certain execution paths.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
MongoDB MongoDB Server 8.3.0 – < 8.3.3, 8.2.0 – < 8.2.10, 8.0.0 – < 8.0.24, 7.0.0 – < 7.0.35 8.3.3

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 —

Advisories 2

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