CVE-2021-32040

It may be possible to have an extremely long aggregation pipeline in conjunction with a specific stage/operator and cause a stack overflow due to the size of the stack frames used by that stage. If an attacker could cause such an aggregation to occur, they could maliciously crash MongoDB in a DoS attack. This vulnerability affects MongoDB Server v4.4 versions prior to and including 4.4.28, MongoDB Server v5.0 versions prior to 5.0.4 and MongoDB Server v4.2 versions prior to 4.2.16.

Workaround: >= v4.2.16 users and all v4.4 users can add the --setParameter internalPipelineLengthLimit=50 instead of the default 1000 to mongod at startup to prevent a crash.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
6.5 MEDIUM
NETWORK
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: Unknown
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
mongodbmongodb
4.2.0 ≤
𝑥
< 4.2.16
mongodbmongodb
4.4.0 ≤
𝑥
< 4.4.11
mongodbmongodb
5.0.0 ≤
𝑥
< 5.0.4
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Early Detection
Affected products identified ahead of NVD analysis through intelligence sources.
VendorProductVersionSource
mongodbmongodb
5.0 ≤
𝑥
< 5.0.4
ADP
mongodbmongodb
4.4 ≤
𝑥
≤ 4.4.28
ADP
mongodbmongodb
4.2 ≤
𝑥
< 4.2.16
ADP
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
mongodb
bionic
needs-triage
focal
needs-triage
impish
dne
jammy
dne
kinetic
dne
lunar
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
trusty
needs-triage
xenial
needs-triage