CVE-2026-18701

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-11. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

An issue in MongoDB Server's query subsystem could allow an authenticated user with read privileges to cause the server process to terminate unexpectedly by submitting a specially formed query filter. This could result in a denial of service.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(medium)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
22%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 11, 2026

Last Modified

September 16, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 11, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
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https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-130111

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-18701(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 16× in last 7d / 79× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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  1. 2026-09-19 12:14 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-19 12:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-18701?
CVE-2026-18701 is a medium vulnerability published on August 11, 2026. An issue in MongoDB Server's query subsystem could allow an authenticated user with read privileges to cause the server process to terminate unexpectedly by submitting a specially formed query filter. This could result in a denial of service.
When was CVE-2026-18701 disclosed?
CVE-2026-18701 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 11, 2026, with the most recent update on September 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-18701 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-18701 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 77.5% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-18701?
CVE-2026-18701 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-18701?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-18701, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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