CVE-2025-6709
Publication date 26 June 2025
Last updated 18 February 2026
Ubuntu priority
Description
The MongoDB Server is susceptible to a denial of service vulnerability due to improper handling of specific date values in JSON input when using OIDC authentication. This can be reproduced using the mongo shell to send a malicious JSON payload leading to an invariant failure and server crash. This issue affects MongoDB Server v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.17 and MongoDB Server v8.0 versions prior to 8.0.5. The same issue affects MongoDB Server v6.0 versions prior to 6.0.21, but an attacker can only induce denial of service after authenticating.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| mongodb | 25.10 questing | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Vulnerable, fix deferred
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Vulnerable, fix deferred
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Vulnerable, fix deferred
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Vulnerable, fix deferred
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Notes
john-breton
As of 2026-02-18, upstream has not posted a patch for this issue. Even if they did, due to the SSPL license for MongoDB we would be unable to use the patch to address this vulnerability in Ubuntu. The hope is a license-compliant third-party will make patches available in the future.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
7.5 · High
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |