# CVE-2026-13076: Aggregation Framework Memory Exhaustion Leading to Process Termination

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.3.7
- Published: 2026-07-22 · Updated: 2026-07-23

## Affected

- MongoDB MongoDB Server: from 8.3.0, fixed in 8.3.7

## Description

An authenticated user can cause a {{mongod}} process to be terminated by the operating system under memory pressure by performing a specific data type conversion operation within MongoDB's aggregation framework. The behavior stems from disproportionate memory consumption during this operation, and requires both write access to the database and the ability to run aggregation queries.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on MongoDB, upgrade to a fixed version (8.3.7) per the references below.
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  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-13076

## Related

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

## References

- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-128584

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