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Medium 5.3Published Sep 8, 2026

CVE-2026-82056Race Condition in MongoDB Server Text Index Query Parsing Leads to Heap Use-After-Free and Denial of Service

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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.

A race condition in MongoDB server's text index query parsing can cause a heap use-after-free read when handling upsert retry paths. Under certain concurrent index lifecycle operations, a raw pointer to internal text index metadata may be dereferenced after the underlying structures have been freed, leading to a server crash. An authenticated user with readWrite privileges can trigger this condition through specific concurrent text-search and index management operations, resulting in denial of service for all connected clients. This

CVSS
5.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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
Sep 8, 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 8.3.9; from 8.0.0 before 8.0.30; from 7.0.0 before 7.0.41
CNA record
mongodb mongodb
mongodb:mongodb
from 7.0.0 before 7.0.41; from 8.0.0 before 8.0.30; from 8.3.0 before 8.3.9
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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