CVE-2026-96749
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Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-96749, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-09-24

Last updated on: 2026-09-24

Assigner: MongoDB, Inc.

Description

An integer overflow in the BSON document encoding component of the MongoDB Python Driver's bundled native extension may occur when a single document is built from an unusually large amount of caller-supplied data. Size arithmetic is performed in a signed 32-bit type, and the guard meant to catch the overflow is written in a form whose behavior is not defined by the C language standard. A party with no privileges who can place a very large value into data that an application encodes may, depending on how the native extension was built, cause a write outside the bounds of an allocated buffer inside the application's own process.

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Published
2026-09-24
Last Modified
2026-09-24
Generated
2026-09-25
AI Q&A
2026-09-24
EPSS Evaluated
N/A
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CWE ID Description
CWE-190 The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This occurs when an integer value is incremented to a value that is too large to store in the associated representation. When this occurs, the value may become a very small or negative number.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is an integer overflow in the BSON document encoding component of the MongoDB Python Driver's native extension. It occurs when a single document is built from an unusually large amount of caller-supplied data. The size arithmetic is performed in a signed 32-bit type, and the overflow guard is written in a way that is not defined by the C language standard. This can lead to a write outside the bounds of an allocated buffer in the application's process.

Detection Guidance

This vulnerability involves an integer overflow in the MongoDB Python Driver's BSON encoding. Detection requires checking for unusually large documents being processed by the driver. Monitor logs for encoding failures or crashes in applications using the driver. No specific commands are provided in the context.

Impact Analysis

An attacker with no privileges could exploit this to cause a buffer overflow in the application using the MongoDB Python Driver. This may result in arbitrary code execution, application crashes, or data corruption within the affected process.

Compliance Impact

This vulnerability may lead to unauthorized memory access or corruption, potentially exposing sensitive data processed by the application. Such breaches could violate GDPR's data protection requirements or HIPAA's safeguards for protected health information, depending on the data involved.

Mitigation Strategies

Immediately update the MongoDB Python Driver to the latest patched version. Review applications using the driver to ensure they do not process excessively large documents. Apply input validation to limit document sizes before encoding.

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