# CVE-2024-8305: MongoDB Server secondaries may crash due to forced index constraints

> Attackers can crash MongoDB secondaries via forced index constraints, potentially causing a cluster-wide outage by eliminating all primaries.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 21 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 21 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** BIT-mongodb-2024-8305, GHSA-fhvf-82gh-ppgj

## What is CVE-2024-8305?

CVE-2024-8305 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mongodb Mongodb, published on 21 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

prepareUnique index may cause secondaries to crash due to incorrect enforcement of index constraints on secondaries, where in extreme cases may cause multiple secondaries crashing leading to no primaries. This issue affects MongoDB Server v6.0 versions prior to 6.0.17, MongoDB Server v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.13 and MongoDB Server v7.3 versions prior to 7.3.4

Weakness: CWE-1288 (Improper Validation of Consistency within Input)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8305?

1 open source package ship an affected version, including mongodb. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `mongodb` | Bitnami | From 6.0.0 | 6.0.17, 7.0.14 |

Products: Mongodb Mongodb.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-8305?

Upgrade mongodb to a fixed version for your release line: 6.0.17 or 7.0.14.

## Is CVE-2024-8305 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8305 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2026-82067](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-82067/): Auth bypass in MongoDB Server (critical 9.2)
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- [CVE-2017-15535](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-15535/): Denial of service in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2026-18691](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-18691/): Improper Authentication in MongoDB Intra-Cluster Connections Allows Credential Exposure (critical 9.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-8305 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-8305 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mongodb Mongodb, published on 21 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8305 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- mongodb (Bitnami): affected from 6.0.0; fixed in 6.0.17, 7.0.14

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8305/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8305/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8305
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8305
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8305

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8305/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.