CVE-2026-1849
Publication date 10 February 2026
Last updated 19 February 2026
Ubuntu priority
Description
MongoDB Server may experience an out-of-memory failure while evaluating expressions that produce deeply nested documents. The issue arises in recursive functions because the server does not periodically check the depth of the expression.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| mongodb | 25.10 questing | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Vulnerable, fix deferred
|
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Vulnerable, fix deferred
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
|
Notes
john-breton
Patches were released after the switch to SSPL upstream, as such we cannot use them to patch Ubuntu releases. The hope is a license-compliant third-party will make patches available in the future.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
6.5 · Medium
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |