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CVE-2026-82056

medium

A race condition in MongoDB server's text index query parsing can cause a heap use-after-free read when handling upsert retry paths.

Vendor / product: Mongodb — mongodb

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
5.3 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (cna@mongodb.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-08 17:18
Modified: 2026-09-16 20:35
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:51 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

mongodb / mongodb ≥7.0.0 <7.0.41, ≥8.0.0 <8.0.30, ≥8.3.0 <8.3.9

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Vendor advisory: https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-130306

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:51 UTC · record ↗

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