MongoDB Geospatial Validator UAF DoS
CVE-2026-18700 Published on August 11, 2026
Use-After-Free in MongoDB Geospatial Validation Leads to Denial of Service
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-18700 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Dangling pointer Vulnerability?
Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.
CVE-2026-18700 has been classified to as a Dangling pointer vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-18700
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Affected Versions
MongoDB Server:- Version 8.3.0 and below 8.3.8 is affected.
- Version 8.0 and below 8.0.29 is affected.
- Version 7.0 and below 7.0.40 is affected.