# CVE-2026-8063: Post-auth null pointer dereference when aggregating against a view with empty search pipeline

> CVE-2026-8063: Post-auth null pointer dereference when aggregating against a view with empty search pipeline. CVSS 6.5 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-8063
Last updated: 2026-06-17T11:03:26Z

- Published: 2026-05-07 04:12 UTC · Updated: 2026-06-17 11:03 UTC · Assigner: mongodb
- CVSS: 6.5 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Medium · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS: 0.23%, 14th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-476

## 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.

## 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-2026-8063)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8063)
- [https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-121851](https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-121851)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-8063 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-8063.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2026-8063 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:05:02.702Z