Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 23, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-20802
CVE-2018-20802
Description
A user authorized to perform database queries may trigger denial of service by issuing specially crafted queries with compound indexes affecting QueryPlanner. This issue affects MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.9 and MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.3.
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Affected products
2- MongoDB Inc./MongoDB Serverv5Range: 3.6
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-36993nvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
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