CVE-2026-18687
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
MongoDB Server's handling of a Queryable Encryption maintenance operation did not properly validate certain request parameters against the collection's encrypted field configuration before use. An authenticated user with readWrite privileges could submit a specially formed request that leads to a server crash or excessive internal writes, resulting in resource exhaustion and corruption of encrypted index data.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.1
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-08-11 19:17:22.467000
Last modified
2026-10-23 21:10:00.157000
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