CVE-2026-9737

Find command with $meta sort can lead to crash

Published Jul 22, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 7.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
During query planning when reading the sort pattern in raw BSONObj form, in some places we don’t explicitly handle the meta expression case. This may lead to incorrect transformations leading to invariant failure.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Mongodb mongodb
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:9.0.0:alpha0:*:*:-:-:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:9.0.0:alpha1:*:*:-:-:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:9.1.0:alpha0:*:*:-:-:*:*
Vendors & Products Mongodb mongodb
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Mongodb
Mongodb mongodb Server
Vendors & Products Mongodb
Mongodb mongodb Server
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description During query planning when reading the sort pattern in raw BSONObj form, in some places we don’t explicitly handle the meta expression case. This may lead to incorrect transformations leading to invariant failure.
Title Find command with $meta sort can lead to crash
Weaknesses CWE-617
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mongodb
Published
Updated
Jul 23, 2026, 2:24 PM
Reserved
May 27, 2026, 5:29 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jul 22, 2026, 8:17 PM
Modified
Oct 24, 2026, 1:10 PM