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vulnerability

MongoDB: CVE-2026-8202: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
May 13, 2026
Added
May 21, 2026
Modified
May 21, 2026

Description

Using a densely populated chars mask and a large input string in the MongoDB aggregation operators $trim, $ltrim, and $rtrim, an authenticated user with aggregation permissions can pin CPU utilization at 100% for an extended period of time.

This issue impacts MongoDB Server v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.34, v8.0 versions prior to 8.0.23, v8.2 versions prior to 8.2.9 and v8.3 versions prior to 8.3.2.

Solutions

mongodb-upgrade-latestmongodb-upgrade-7_0_34mongodb-upgrade-8_0_23mongodb-upgrade-8_2_9mongodb-upgrade-8_3_2
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