CVE-2020-7928: MongoDB

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A user authorized to perform database queries may trigger a read overrun and access arbitrary memory by issuing specially crafted queries. This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.4 versions prior to 4.4.1; MongoDB Server v4.2 versions prior to 4.2.9; MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.20 and MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.20.

Affected products

• MongoDB MongoDB: from 3.6.0, before 3.6.20 (fixed in 3.6.20); from 4.0.0, before 4.0.20 (fixed in 4.0.20); from 4.2.0, before 4.2.9 (fixed in 4.2.9); from 4.4.0, before 4.4.1 (fixed in 4.4.1); from 4.5.0, before 4.5.1 (fixed in 4.5.1)

Published 2020-11-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.