# CVE-2026-18700: Use-After-Free in MongoDB Geospatial Validation Leads to Denial of Service

- Severity: CVSS 6.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/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: 8.3.8, 8.0.29, 7.0.40
- Published: 2026-08-11 · Updated: 2026-08-11

## Affected

- MongoDB MongoDB Server: from 8.3.0, fixed in 8.3.8; from 8.0, fixed in 8.0.29; from 7.0, fixed in 7.0.40

## Description

An issue in MongoDB Server's geospatial validation could allow an authenticated user with write privileges to cause an internal reference to be used after the underlying memory has been freed, through concurrent operations against a collection using a certain type of validator. This could result in a server crash, leading to a denial of service.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on MongoDB, upgrade to a fixed version (8.3.8, 8.0.29, 7.0.40) per the references below.
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## Related

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

## References

- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-130117

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