Pre-authentication Denial of Service Stack Overflow Vulnerability in JSON Parsing via Excessive Recursion in MongoDB

CVE Details

Basic Information

Title Pre-authentication Denial of Service Stack Overflow Vulnerability in JSON Parsing via Excessive Recursion in MongoDB
Type cve
Published 2025-06-26T14:09:29.581Z
Last Seen

Product Information

Vendor MongoDB Inc
Product MongoDB Server
Version 6.0

CVSS Information

Base Score 7.5 (HIGH)
Attack Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact

AI Analysis

AI Description MongoDB Server is vulnerable to a stack overflow due to improper JSON parsing, which can cause the server to crash. This issue affects versions prior to 7.0.17, 8.0.5, and 6.0.21. The vulnerability can be exploited pre-authentication in some versions.
AI Severity High
Vendor MongoDB Inc
Product MongoDB Server
Affected Version 6.0.21, 7.0.17, 8.0.5

Affected Products

  • MongoDB Inc MongoDB Server 6.0
  • MongoDB Inc MongoDB Server 7.0
  • MongoDB Inc MongoDB Server 8.0

Additional Information

CVE List
CWE List CWE-674
Bulletin Family

Description

MongoDB Server may be susceptible to stack overflow due to JSON parsing mechanism, where specifically crafted JSON inputs may induce unwarranted levels of recursion, resulting in excessive stack space consumption. Such inputs can lead to a stack overflow that causes the server to crash which could occur pre-authorisation. This issue affects MongoDB Server v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.17 and MongoDB Server v8.0 versions prior to 8.0.5.

The same issue affects MongoDB Server v6.0 versions prior to 6.0.21, but an attacker can only induce denial of service after authenticating.

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