# CVE-2026-9737: Find command with $meta sort can lead to crash

> CVE-2026-9737: Find command with $meta sort can lead to crash. CVSS 6.5 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-9737
Last updated: 2026-10-24T13:10:00Z

- Published: 2026-07-22 19:20 UTC · Updated: 2026-10-24 13:10 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: 0.42%, 36th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-617

## Description

During query planning when reading the sort pattern in raw BSONObj form, in some places we don’t explicitly handle the meta expression case. This may lead to incorrect transformations leading to invariant failure.

## Affected vendors and products

- MongoDB: 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-2026-9737)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9737)
- [https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-128341](https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-128341)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-9737 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-9737.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2026-9737 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:09:09.928Z