CVE-2018-20805

MEDIUM

MongoDB 3.6.0-3.6.9 - Denial of Service via $elemMatch Query

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A user authorized to perform database queries may trigger denial of service by issuing specially crafted queries, which perform an $elemMatch . This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.5 and MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.10.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-38164

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0123
EPSS Percentile 65.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-834
Status published
Products (1)
mongodb/mongodb 3.6.0 - 3.6.10
Published Nov 23, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026