Vulnerability · Published Jul 22, 2026 · Assigned by mongodb
CVE-2026-9737Find command with $meta sort can lead to crash
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw 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
During query planning when reading the sort pattern in raw BSONObj form, in some places we don’t explicitly handle the meta expression case. This may lead to incorrect transformations leading to invariant failure.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| 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-617 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H