CVE-2026-8063: Post-auth null pointer dereference when aggregating against a view with empty search pipeline
Description
An authenticated user can crash mongod when running $rankFusion or $scoreFusion with an empty pipeline on a view. When resolving a view, the server inspects the aggregation pipeline to determine whether it begins with an Atlas Search stage. For $rankFusion and $scoreFusion, this inspection reads the first element on each stage’s input pipeline array without first verifying that the array is non-empty. Supplying an empty pipeline causes a null pointer dereference and crashes the server. This issue affects MongoDB Server 8.2 versions prior to 8.2.7.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H · CWE-476
Tracked companies
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Status incidents that name it
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Affected vendors and products
MongoDB Inc.: MongoDB Server
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-121851 (opens in new tab)
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- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)