Vulnerability · Published Jul 22, 2026 · Assigned by mongodb

CVE-2026-13071Server-Side JavaScript Aggregation Expression Memory Safety Issue Leading to Process Termination

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity use-after-free in MongoDB Server from MongoDB. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 37% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 63.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An authenticated user with read access can cause the mongod process to be terminated through certain aggregation expressions that execute server-side JavaScript. The issue involves improper memory handling during document processing.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
MongoDB MongoDB Server 7.0 – before 7.0.398.0 – before 8.0.288.2.0 – before 8.2.128.3.0 – before 8.3.7

Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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