CVE-2026-18688 Affecting mongod-8.3-cis-hardened package, versions <8.3.8-r0


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.4% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-MINIMOSLATEST-MONGOD83CISHARDENED-19889050
  • published18 Sept 2026
  • disclosed11 Aug 2026

Introduced: 11 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-18688  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Minimos:latest mongod-8.3-cis-hardened to version 8.3.8-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mongod-8.3-cis-hardened package and not the mongod-8.3-cis-hardened package as distributed by Minimos. See How to fix? for Minimos:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue in MongoDB Server's aggregation framework could allow an authenticated user to trigger an out-of-bounds memory read by providing a specially formed numeric parameter in a certain aggregation pipeline stage. This could result in a server crash (denial of service) and may potentially expose a limited amount of memory contents.