CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.3. It affects MongoDB. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2026-5170
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.3
EPSS
0.20%
MongoDB
Original NVD Description
A user with access to the cluster with a limited set of privilege actions can trigger a crash of a mongod process during the limited and unpredictable window when the cluster is being promoted from a replica set to a sharded cluster. This may cause a denial of service by taking down the primary of the replica set. This issue affects MongoDB Server v8.2 versions prior to 8.2.2, MongoDB Server v8.0 versions between 8.0.18, MongoDB Server v7.0 versions between 7.0.31.
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