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CVE-2026-1847: MongoDB Server · Unthrottled Resource Allocation

Affects MongoDB ServerSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.1 High : upgrade to 8.0.18 or 7.0.29 soon.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:05 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
7.1High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 20% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 8.0.18, 7.0.29
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 10 Feb 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade MongoDB Server to 8.0.18 or 7.0.29.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
MongoDB IncMongoDB ServerAffected
  • >=8.0 <8.0.18
Fixed in
  • 8.0.18
MongoDB IncMongoDB ServerAffected
  • >=7.0 <7.0.29
Fixed in
  • 7.0.29

AI-suggested

  1. Monitor MongoDB replica set health continuously, focusing on replication lag and oplog fetching status to detect early signs of replication stalls.
  2. Implement strict limits on document sizes at the application or database level to prevent insertion of excessively large documents that could trigger the vulnerability.
  3. Restrict database user privileges to the minimum necessary to reduce the risk of exploitation by low-privilege users.
  4. Deploy rate limiting or throttling mechanisms on write operations to prevent resource exhaustion from large document insertions.
  5. Prepare incident response plans for rapid failover or recovery in case of replication failure or server crashes.
  6. 7. Consider architectural adjustments such as sharding or splitting large documents to reduce the risk of triggering replication stalls. 8. Use network segmentation and firewall rules to limit exposure of MongoDB servers to untrusted networks.

Description

Inserting certain large documents into a replica set could lead to replica set secondaries not being able to fetch the oplog from the primary. This could stall replication inside the replica set leading to server crash.

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