CVE-2026-8843 Affecting mongod-8.0-advanced-compat package, versions <8.0.21-r0


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.42% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-MINIMOSLATEST-MONGOD80ADVANCEDCOMPAT-20147765
  • published26 Sept 2026
  • disclosed18 May 2026

Introduced: 18 May 2026

CVE-2026-8843  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Minimos:latest mongod-8.0-advanced-compat to version 8.0.21-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mongod-8.0-advanced-compat package and not the mongod-8.0-advanced-compat package as distributed by Minimos. See How to fix? for Minimos:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

Creating a "2dsphere_bucket" index on a non-timeseries bucket collection will succeed, but any subsequent attempt to insert a document which triggers updating that index will crash the server. A similar issue occurs when creating "queryable_encrypted_range" indices.

This issue affects MongoDB Server v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.32, v8.0 versions prior to 8.0.21 and v8.2 versions prior to 8.2.6