CVE-2020-7923
MEDIUM6.5EPSS 0.44%Specific GeoQuery can cause DoS against MongoDB Server
Published: 8/24/2020Modified: 3/20/2026
Description
A user authorized to perform database queries may cause denial of service by issuing specially crafted queries, which violate an invariant in the query subsystem's support for geoNear. This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.4 versions prior to 4.4.0; MongoDB Server v4.2 versions prior to 4.2.8 and MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.19.
Affected packages (2)
- Bitnami/mongodb>= 4.0.0, < 4.0.19, >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.8, >= 4.4.0, < 4.4.0
- Debian/mongodbfrom 0, < 1:3.2.11-2+deb9u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |