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Medium 6.6Published Aug 11, 2026

CVE-2026-18706Use-After-Free in MongoDB $graphLookup Aggregation Stage Leads to Denial of Service and Potential Remote Code Execution

Updated under an hour ago ()

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It affects MongoDB Server and 1 other product. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

An issue in MongoDB Server's $graphLookup aggregation stage could allow an authenticated user able to issue aggregation and memory-management commands to cause an internal reference to be used after the underlying memory has been freed. This could result in a server crash or, potentially, execution of unintended code.

CVSS
6.6 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-416
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
mongodb
NVD analysis
Analyzed
Record last updated
Aug 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
MongoDB MongoDB Server
mongodb:server (from the name)
from 8.3.0 before 8.3.8
CNA record
mongodb mongodb
mongodb:mongodb
from 8.3.0 before 8.3.8; 9.0.0; 9.0.0
NVD

References

  • vendor-advisory, issue-tracking

The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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