CVE-2025-11979 (GCVE-0-2025-11979)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-20 17:47 – Updated: 2025-10-20 20:21
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Use-after-free in the MongoDB server query planner may lead to crash or undefined behavior
Summary
An authorized user may crash the MongoDB server by causing buffer over-read. This can be done by issuing a DDL operation while queries are being issued, under some conditions. This issue affects MongoDB Server v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.25, MongoDB Server v8.0 versions prior to 8.0.15, and MongoDB Server version 8.2.0.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-10-20 20:21 UTC
CWE
- CWE-416 - Use After Free
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MongoDB Inc. | Server |
Affected:
8.2.0
(Custom)
Affected: 8.0.0 , < 8.0.14 (Custom) Affected: 7.0.0 , < 7.0.25 (Custom) |
guessed |
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