CVE-2026-18697
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
An issue in MongoDB Server's aggregation framework could allow an unauthenticated party to cause a mongos (router) process to terminate unexpectedly by submitting a specially formed aggregation command. This could result in a denial of service, disrupting client connections routed through the affected mongos instance.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.7
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-08-11 19:17:23.983000
Last modified
2026-10-23 21:10:00.157000
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