CVE-2026-106436: Application denial of service and data truncation via unchecked BSON append failures in MongoDB PHP Driver
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 25/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.25% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: MongoDB PHP Driver 1.21.11, 2.1.11, 2.5.4.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to MongoDB PHP Driver 1.21.11, 2.1.11, 2.5.4 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
The BSON encoder in the MongoDB PHP Driver does not check some return values after a document exceeds libbson's size limit. This can leave the encoder in an invalid state. An unauthenticated actor who can cause an affected application to encode an unusually large data structure can terminate the PHP worker or cause the resulting document to omit fields. No MongoDB server connection or database authentication is required.
- Published
- Oct 8, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 13, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 17th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-252
Report tools
Action score
25
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 25 / 40 · 6.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · mongodb
- 6.3
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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- No public exploit code on record
- A fix has been released
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| mongodb | php driver | cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:php_driver |
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (mongodb). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
MongoDB PHP Driver
- 1.3.0 and later · before 1.21.11affected · semver
- 2.0.0 and later · before 2.1.11affected · semver
- 2.2.0 and later · before 2.5.4affected · semver
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- mongodb php driver1.3.0 and later · before 1.21.1
- mongodb php driver2.0.0 and later · before 2.1.11
- mongodb php driver2.2.0 and later · before 2.5.4
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | php-mongodb | from 0 | — |
| Debian:13 | php-mongodb | before 2.0.0-1+deb13u2 | 2.0.0-1+deb13u2 |
| Debian:14 | php-mongodb | before 2.5.5-1 | 2.5.5-1 |
Same product
mongodb: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2026-81525Cross-tenant database retargeting via dot/NUL injection in namespace strings in the PHP Driver34Monitor
- CVE-2026-84968Heap out-of-bounds read via corrupt nested BSON in field path error message27Monitor
- CVE-2026-96745PHP object injection via unsuppressible __pclass class inference in command monitoring events25Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-6811May 14, 2026 · PHP Stack Exhaustion24Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-106432Oct 8, 2026 · Heap buffer overflow via 32-bit string-length truncation in MongoDB PHP Driver8Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| MongoDB PHP Driver | 1.21.11 | Vendor (CNA) |
| MongoDB PHP Driver | 2.1.11 | Vendor (CNA) |
| MongoDB PHP Driver | 2.5.4 | Vendor (CNA) |
| debian:php-mongodb | 2.0.0-1+deb13u2 · Debian:13 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
- Published
- Fix recordedsame day
- TodayNov 13, 2026+36 d
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Bug bounty scope
The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.
Not on record for this CVE: patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-252 · Unchecked Return ValueCVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log (2)
- Exploit maturity— → none
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.