CVE-2018-20802 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in MongoDB Server versions prior to 3.6.9 and 4.0.3, where an authenticated user can crash the database by issuing specially crafted queries with compound indexes. This issue has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity by a low-privileged user, leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion, though it has received limited media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 3.6.0, < 3.6.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.0.0, < 4.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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