CVE-2026-6811
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2026-05-14
- Fixed in2.1.8 · 1.21.5
- WeaknessCWE-674
Am I affected?
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Description
Stack exhaustion vulnerability in the MongoDB PHP driver can cause application crashes when processing deeply nested BSON documents in unusual circumstances when the source of these BSON documents is not MongoDB Server.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2026-05-1422:16CVE publishedNVD
Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | ≥ 2.1.0, < 2.1.8 | 2.1.8 | NVD |
| 1.21 | ≥ 1.21.0, < 1.21.5 | 1.21.5 | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Products declared by the CNA1 product
As mongodb, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.
- MongoDB Inc. PHP Driverother versions: not affectedAffected
- = 1.21.5no fix statedsemver
- = 2.1.8no fix statedsemver
Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2026-05-14
Distribution builds and vendor advisories
Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.
version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.
Packages
- php-mongodbUbuntu:26.10all versions · no fixed version listed
- php-mongodbUbuntu:26.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
- php-mongodbUbuntu:25.10all versions · no fixed version listed
- php-mongodbUbuntu:24.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
- php-mongodbUbuntu:22.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
- php-mongodbUbuntu:20.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
- php-mongodbUbuntu:18.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
- php-mongodbUbuntu:16.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
3 more package ranges on OSV.dev
Fix
- Update Mongodb php driver to 2.1.8 · 1.21.5
Advisories and patches
- jira.mongodb.orgVendor Advisory
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof of concept
- PoC-in-GitHubno public repository identifiedread 2026-11-10
- Metasploit modules
- none listed Metasploit Framework
Sources
- CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2026-05-15
- CNACVSS 4.06known since 2026-10-27
- CNACVSS 3.15.9known since 2026-10-27
- NVDCVSS 3.17.5read 2026-10-27
- CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-674known since 2026-10-27
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score0.4 %2026-11-09
- OSVaffected packages—
- GitHub Advisoriesadvisory—
Identifiers
- EUVD-2026-30490same flawENISA EUVD · LicenseRef-ENISA-legal-notice
- GHSA-vc69-vr6f-4x67same flawGitHub Advisory Database · CC-BY-4.0
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 4.0 vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- Published
- 2026-05-14
- Last Modified
- 2026-10-26
- NVD status
- Analyzed
- GitHub Advisory
- GHSA-vc69-vr6f-4x67
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Sources for this record
- CVE Program · CVE Program Terms of Use
- ENISA EU Vulnerability Database · ENISA legal notice §1.2 (reproduction authorised, provided the source is acknowledged)
- FIRST EPSS · EPSS terms of use (free use, attribution requested)
- GitHub Advisory Database · CC-BY-4.0 · GHSA-vc69-vr6f-4x67
- NVD · Public domain (17 U.S.C. § 105) for NVD-authored data; third-party content under its own terms
- OSV.dev · Per record, as its publisher states it: each row carries the label in sourceLicense when one is served
- CISA Vulnrichment · CC0-1.0