CVE-2026-8843

Calling createIndex with certain index types can crash mongod

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 18, 2026 at 03:40 PM UTC
Updated: October 26, 2026 at 01:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMongoDB

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Creating a "2dsphere_bucket" index on a non-timeseries bucket collection will succeed, but any subsequent attempt to insert a document which triggers updating that index will crash the server. A similar issue occurs when creating "queryable_encrypted_range" indices. This issue affects MongoDB Server v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.32, v8.0 versions prior to 8.0.21 and v8.2 versions prior to 8.2.6

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

7.0.0 ≤ v < 7.0.328.0.0 ≤ v < 8.0.218.2.0 ≤ v < 8.2.67.08.08.2
Affected range stops below 7.0.32, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.0.21, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.2.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-116327

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.5MEDIUMmongodb
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-617

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