Use-after-free in the MongoDB server query planner may lead to crash or undefined behavior (CVE-2025-11979)
An authorized user may crash the MongoDB server by causing buffer over-read. This can be done by issuing a DDL operation while queries are being issued, under some conditions. This issue affects MongoDB Server v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.25, MongoDB Server v8.0 versions prior to 8.0.15, and MongoDB Server version 8.2.0.
Use-after-free in the MongoDB server query planner may lead to crash or undefined behavior (CVE-2025-11979)
Description
An authorized user may crash the MongoDB server by causing buffer over-read. This can be done by issuing a DDL operation while queries are being issued, under some conditions. This issue affects MongoDB Server v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.25, MongoDB Server v8.0 versions prior to 8.0.15, and MongoDB Server version 8.2.0.
Affected software
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Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- BIT-mongodb-2025-11979
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.6.2
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2025-11979"]
- Ecosystems
- ["Bitnami"]
- Database Specific Severity
- Medium
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6aa3299091cc7f3848d1b77d
Added to database: 09/10/2026, 22:05:04 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 22:05:24 UTC
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