CVE-2026-8843
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.002 · 15 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Creating a "2dsphere_bucket" index on a non-timeseries bucket collection will succeed, but any subsequent attempt to insert a document which triggers updating that index will crash the server. A similar issue occurs when creating "queryable_encrypted_range" indices. This issue affects MongoDB Server v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.32, v8.0 versions prior to 8.0.21 and v8.2 versions prior to 8.2.6
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.9–7.1
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affected products (23)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-1581MongoDB: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2026-05-18csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in MongoDB ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
- BIT-mongodb-2026-8843Calling createIndex with certain index types can crash mongod2026-09-25vendor · osvUS
Creating a "2dsphere_bucket" index on a non-timeseries bucket collection will succeed, but any subsequent attempt to insert a document which triggers updating that index will crash the server. A similar issue occurs when creating "queryable_encrypted_range" indices. This issue affects MongoDB Server v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.32, v8.0 versions prior to 8.0.21 and v8.2 versions prior to 8.2.6
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references (5)
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- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-116327Patchcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8843cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/MongoDB-Server-denial-of-service-via-2dsphere-bucket-51037cnnvd
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-116327enisa_euvd
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-116327Vendor Advisorynvd
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