NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting mongodb package, versions [,8.2.7)[8.3.0-alpha0,8.3.0-rc1)
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- published7 May 2026
- disclosed7 May 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 7 May 2026
CVE-2026-8063 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade mongodb to version 8.2.7, 8.3.0-rc1 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in the aggregation process when a view is resolved and an empty pipeline is supplied to $rankFusion or $scoreFusion. An attacker can cause the server to crash by providing an empty pipeline array after authentication.