Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') 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
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MONGODB-18305859
  • published25 Jul 2026
  • disclosed22 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-13066  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-843  (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 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') in the DBPointer BSON serialization process. An attacker can access sensitive internal process memory contents by executing server-side JavaScript that triggers improper serialization.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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