What is CVE-2018-20802?

CVE-2018-20802 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mongodb, classified under CWE-394. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-11-23.

How severe is CVE-2018-20802?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mongodb

CVE-2018-20802

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 Serve…

EPSS: 0.015 (70.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Mongodb
Mongodb Inc. Server — versions 3.6, 4.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-394

References

cna@mongodb.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20802?: CVE-2018-20802 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mongodb, classified under CWE-394. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-11-23.
How severe is CVE-2018-20802?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.