CVE-2026-82068 is a vulnerability in MongoDB
Published on September 8, 2026
Persistent Fatal Assertion Crash in MongoDB Server via Crafted Retryable Write Commands Leads to Denial of Service
A security issue in MongoDB Server allows an authenticated user with write privileges to trigger a persistent fatal assertion crash by sending specially crafted retryable write commands. The crash state is durably persisted, causing the server process to repeatedly crash on restart and potentially propagating to additional nodes in a sharded cluster. Manual intervention is required to restore service availability.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-82068 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 an assertion failure Vulnerability?
The product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary.
CVE-2026-82068 has been classified to as an assertion failure vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-82068
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Affected Versions
MongoDB Server:- Version 8.3.0 and below 8.3.9 is affected.
- Version 8.0.0 and below 8.0.30 is affected.
- Version 7.0.0 and below 7.0.41 is affected.