Heap OOB Read in mongo-go-driver GSSAPI CGo Bindings
CVE-2026-2303 Published on February 10, 2026
Heap Out-of-Bounds Read in Go Driver GSSAPI C Wrappers enables application crash or information leak
The mongo-go-driver repository contains CGo bindings for GSSAPI (Kerberos) authentication on Linux and macOS. The C wrapper implementation contains a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability due to incorrect assumptions about string termination in the GSSAPI standard. Since GSSAPI buffers are not guaranteed to be null-terminated or have extra padding, this results in reading one byte past the allocated heap buffer.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-2303 can be exploited 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, a high impact on integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is an Allowlist / Allow List Vulnerability?
The product implements a protection mechanism that relies on a list of inputs (or properties of inputs) that are explicitly allowed by policy because the inputs are assumed to be safe, but the list is too permissive - that is, it allows an input that is unsafe, leading to resultant weaknesses.
CVE-2026-2303 has been classified to as an Allowlist / Allow List vulnerability or weakness.
Affected Versions
MongoDB Inc MongoDB Go Driver:- Version 1.0.0 and below 1.17.7 is affected.
- Version 2.0.0 and below 2.4.2 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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