NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting mongodb package, versions [7.0.0-alpha,7.0.35)[8.0.0-alpha,8.0.24)[8.2.0-alpha,8.2.10)[8.3.0-alpha0,8.3.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.27% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MONGODB-17660898
  • published28 Jun 2026
  • disclosed10 Jun 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-9752  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mongodb to version 7.0.35, 8.0.24, 8.2.10, 8.3.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in the 2dsphere index key generation process when handling a GeoJSON GeometryCollection containing a Polygon with a strict-winding CRS. An attacker can cause a server crash by submitting a crafted query that exploits the lack of proper validation for strict-winding polygons within GeometryCollections.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1