MongoDB Server secondaries may crash due to forced index constraints

published 2024-10-21 2 y ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-mongodb-2024-8305 , EUVD-2024-49079

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
public exploits: 0; none known

prepareUnique index may cause secondaries to crash due to incorrect enforcement of index constraints on secondaries, where in extreme cases may cause multiple secondaries crashing leading to no primaries. This issue affects MongoDB Server v6.0 versions prior to 6.0.17, MongoDB Server v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.13 and MongoDB Server v7.3 versions prior to 7.3.4

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

bitnami mongodb 6.0.17, 7.0.14
MongoDB Inc MongoDB Server 6.0.17, 7.0.13, 7.3.4

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-10-21)

Exploit prediction

0.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
OSV	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
bitnami	mongodb	>=6.0.0, <6.0.17 >=7.0.0, <7.0.14	6.0.17 7.0.14

Affected products

MongoDB Inc MongoDB Server

Classification

Weakness

CWE-1288 Improper Validation of Consistency within Input

Technology feeds

MongoDB rss critical rss

References

jira.mongodb.org /browse/SERVER-92382
vendor-advisory, advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8305
web

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary