CVE-2026-120819MongoDB Server use after free
CVE-2026-120819 is a use after free in MongoDB Server, rated medium (5.3 on CVSS 4.0).
Why this priority: Medium severity, with no exploitation signal.
Published · Updated · NVD status: Awaiting Analysis
What it is
Code keeps using memory after releasing it, so an attacker who refills that memory can steer execution.
How it is reached
An attacker can exploit it over the network, with an ordinary user account, and nobody has to click anything.
What an attacker gains
The direct impact is limited: partial access to data or a partial outage. In practice, this kind of flaw lets an attacker crash the process, read memory, or in the worst case run code.
Is it being exploited?
There is no public report of exploitation yet.
What to do
- Upgrade MongoDB Server to 9.0.7 or later.
- Until it is patched, review who holds accounts that can reach it.
Description from NVD
A memory-management flaw in the server-side JavaScript execution component of MongoDB Server can allow an authenticated user holding only read privileges to cause the server to access memory that has already been released. By submitting a specially crafted database command that runs user-supplied JavaScript, the user can cause a bounded amount of adjacent process memory to be returned in the command's result. This results in the user obtaining information they are not authorized to access. Integrity and availability are not affected.
What this means for your architecture.
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Components it touches
- Native code: operating systems, browsers and firmware. The flaw sits wherever native code reads untrusted data.
- Network appliances and media or file parsers. The flaw sits wherever native code reads untrusted data.
Trust boundaries in play
- Authenticated network access. An account is needed, so exposure follows who can sign in: customers, partners or staff.
- Wherever native code reads untrusted data. An attacker who crosses it can crash the process, read memory, or in the worst case run code.
Questions to answer about your own systems
- Where does MongoDB Server run in your systems, and at which version?
- Which of those instances can be reached from the internet or partner networks?
- What can it reach once compromised: which data stores, secrets and services?
Sources
- CVE records and CVSS scores from the NVD CVE API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Exploitation status from CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
- Exploit likelihood from FIRST’s Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), refreshed daily.
- Explanations are written by Veriom from fixed templates over each record’s data, not by a person reviewing each CVE. Descriptions are quoted from the records as published.