CVE-2026-82068Persistent Fatal Assertion Crash in MongoDB Server via Crafted Retryable Write Commands Leads to Denial of Service
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A security issue in MongoDB Server allows an authenticated user with write privileges to trigger a persistent fatal assertion crash by sending specially crafted retryable write commands. The crash state is durably persisted, causing the server process to repeatedly crash on restart and potentially propagating to additional nodes in a sharded cluster. Manual intervention is required to restore service availability.
- CVSS
- 6.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-617
- 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
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
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-131326vendor-advisory, issue-tracking
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