Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting mongodb package, versions [,7.0.39)[8.0.0,8.0.28)[8.2.0,8.2.12)[8.3.0,8.3.7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MONGODB-18305838
  • published25 Jul 2026
  • disclosed22 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-13074  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mongodb to version 7.0.39, 8.0.28, 8.2.12, 8.3.7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling via the awaitable hello command in exhaust mode. An attacker can cause excessive CPU consumption and degrade server availability by sending a specific combination of parameters that triggers an unthrottled response loop.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1