# CVE-2026-9740: Unbounded recursion in BSONColumn interleaved-reference causes pre-auth stack overflow

- 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: 8.3.3, 8.2.10, 8.0.24, 7.0.35
- Published: 2026-06-09 · Updated: 2026-06-10

## Affected

- MongoDB MongoDB Server: from 8.3.0, fixed in 8.3.3; from 8.2.0, fixed in 8.2.10; from 8.0.0, fixed in 8.0.24; from 7.0.0, fixed in 7.0.35

## Description

A vulnerability in MongoDB Server's BSON validation logic allows an unauthenticated user to crash the mongod process by sending a specially crafted message. The BSON validator's handling of certain nested binary data structures permits uncontrolled mutual recursion between validation functions, where each re-entry resets internal depth tracking.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on MongoDB, upgrade to a fixed version (8.3.3, 8.2.10, 8.0.24, 7.0.35) 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-125063

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