Use-After-Free in MongoDB FLE Query Analysis When Processing Positional Projections on Encrypted Fields (MongoDB, Inc. MongoDB Server)

CVE-2026-8201
MEDIUM 6.1

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.13 % · percentile 3 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
mongodb
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in MongoDB's Field-Level Encryption (FLE) query analysis component, affecting client-side uses of mongocryptd and crypt_shared. Triggering this vulnerability requires control over the structure of a client's FLE-related query. This issue impacts MongoDB Server’s mongocryptd component v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.34, v8.0 versions prior to 8.0.23, v8.2 versions prior to 8.2.9 and v8.3 versions prior to 8.3.2.

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.1CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:L/SI:N/SA:Nmongodb
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Hmongodb
CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.1CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XNVD · cna@mongodb.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:HNVD · cna@mongodb.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
MongoDB, Inc. · MongoDB Serveraffected 7.0 < 7.0.34 ; affected 8.0 < 8.0.23 ; affected 8.2 < 8.2.9 ; affected 8.3 < 8.3.2

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD