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CVE-2018-20805

A user authorized to perform database queries may trigger denial of service by issuing specially crafted queries, which perform an $elemMatch . This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.5 and MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.10.

  • Published: Nov 23, 2020
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2018-20805
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
mongodb / mongodb 3.6.0 3.6.10
mongodb / mongodb 4.0.0 4.0.5