Vulnerability · Published Sep 8, 2026 · Assigned by mongodb
CVE-2026-82054Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in MongoDB Server JSON Pointer Parser Leads to Denial of Service
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity resource allocation without limits 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 35% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A security issue exists in MongoDB server's JSON Pointer parser used during $jsonSchema query filter processing. When a find command includes a specially crafted $jsonSchema filter field, the parser processes the input without enforcing adequate limits on iteration count or total allocation size, resulting in significant memory amplification. Under concurrent request load, the cumulative memory consumption can exhaust available heap memory, causing the server's out-of-memory handler to terminate the mongod process and deny service to all connected clients.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| MongoDB | MongoDB Server | 8.3.0 – before 8.3.98.0.0 – before 8.0.307.0.0 – before 7.0.41 |
Weakness: CWE-770 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H