# CVE-2024-10921: Improper neutralization of null bytes may lead to buffer over-reads in MongoDB Server

> CVE-2024-10921: Improper neutralization of null bytes may lead to buffer over-reads in MongoDB Server. CVSS 6.8 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2024-10921
Last updated: 2026-06-17T06:56:42Z

- Published: 2024-11-14 16:04 UTC · Updated: 2026-06-17 06:56 UTC · Assigner: mongodb
- CVSS: 6.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Medium · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- EPSS: 0.55%, 46th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-158

## Description

An authorized user may trigger crashes or receive the contents of buffer over-reads of Server memory by issuing specially crafted requests that construct malformed BSON in the MongoDB Server. This issue affects MongoDB Server v5.0 versions prior to 5.0.30 , MongoDB Server v6.0 versions prior to 6.0.19, MongoDB Server v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.15 and MongoDB Server v8.0 versions prior to and including 8.0.2.

## Affected vendors and products

- MongoDB Inc: MongoDB Server

## Tracked companies

- [MongoDB Atlas](https://rewindex.com/company/mongodb-atlas.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-10921)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10921)
- [https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-96419](https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-96419)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2024-10921 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2024-10921.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2024-10921 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:13:24.107Z