MongoDB Server up to 8.0.27/8.2.11/8.3.6 Transaction resource consumption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in MongoDB Server up to 8.0.27/8.2.11/8.3.6. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Transaction Handler. This manipulation causes resource consumption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-13058. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in MongoDB Server up to 8.0.27/8.2.11/8.3.6 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Transaction Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

An authenticated user with basic write privileges can cause the mongod process to terminate abnormally by sending a crafted transaction command with an incomplete set of required fields. The issue stems from inconsistent validation across related transaction command parameters, resulting in a fatal internal invariant failure and denial of service.

The advisory is shared at jira.mongodb.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-13058 since 06/23/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 8.0.28, 8.2.12 or 8.3.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

• Database Software

Vendor

• MongoDB

Name

• Server

Version

• 8.0.0
• 8.0.1
• 8.0.2
• 8.0.3
• 8.0.4
• 8.0.5
• 8.0.6
• 8.0.7
• 8.0.8
• 8.0.9
• 8.0.10
• 8.0.11
• 8.0.12
• 8.0.13
• 8.0.14
• 8.0.15
• 8.0.16
• 8.0.17
• 8.0.18
• 8.0.19
• 8.0.20
• 8.0.21
• 8.0.22
• 8.0.23
• 8.0.24
• 8.0.25
• 8.0.26
• 8.0.27
• 8.2.0
• 8.2.1
• 8.2.2
• 8.2.3
• 8.2.4
• 8.2.5
• 8.2.6
• 8.2.7
• 8.2.8
• 8.2.9
• 8.2.10
• 8.2.11
• 8.3.0
• 8.3.1
• 8.3.2
• 8.3.3
• 8.3.4
• 8.3.5
• 8.3.6

License

• open-source

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