CVE-2026-9740: Unbounded recursion in BSONColumn interleaved-reference causes pre-auth stack overflow
High · CVSS 7.5 (CVSS 3.1)EPSS 0.34%, 28th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: mongodb
Description
A vulnerability in MongoDB Server's BSON validation logic allows an unauthenticated user to crash the mongod process by sending a specially crafted message. The BSON validator's handling of certain nested binary data structures permits uncontrolled mutual recursion between validation functions, where each re-entry resets internal depth tracking.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H · CWE-674
Tracked companies
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Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
MongoDB: MongoDB Server
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-125063 (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)