CVE-2026-1848 Connections received from the proxy port may not count towards total accepted connections

What is CVE-2026-1848?

CVE-2026-1848 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mongodb Mongodb, published on 10 Feb 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Connections received from the proxy port may not count towards total accepted connections, resulting in server crashes if the total number of connections exceeds available resources. This only applies to connections accepted from the proxy port, pending the proxy protocol header.

Weakness: CWE-770

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-1848?

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

Products include Mongodb Mongodb.

How do I fix CVE-2026-1848?

Upgrade mongodb to a fixed version for your release line: 7.0.29, 8.0.18 or 8.2.4.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2026-1848 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-1848 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Mongodb Mongodb

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• CVE-2026-82067 Auth bypass in MongoDB Server Critical 9.2
• CVE-2026-13072 MongoDB Improper Input Validation in Compute Mode External Data Processing Leading to Memory Corruption Critical 9.2
• CVE-2017-15535 Denial of service in n/a Critical 9.1
• CVE-2026-18691 Improper Authentication in MongoDB Intra-Cluster Connections Allows Credential Exposure Critical 9.0

All Mongodb Mongodb vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as BIT-mongodb-2026-1848, GHSA-wv25-wjh7-whjh, MINI-6jg8-jpvg-qh6w, MINI-c6gp-qpvw-x7p4.