Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification) Affecting mongodb package, versions [,7.0.29)[8.0.0-alpha,8.0.18)[8.1.0-alpha,8.2.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.78% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MONGODB-15265433
  • published11 Feb 2026
  • disclosed10 Feb 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 Feb 2026

CVE-2026-25611  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-405  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mongodb to version 7.0.29, 8.0.18, 8.2.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification) in the message handling. An attacker can cause the server to exhaust available memory and crash by sending a series of specifically crafted, unauthenticated messages.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1