{"id":"CVE-2018-20804","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-20804","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:48:07.803Z","title":"A user authorized to perform database queries may trigger denial of service by issuing specially crafted applyOps invocations.","description":"A user authorized to perform database queries may trigger denial of service by issuing specially crafted applyOps invocations. This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.10 and MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.13.","published":"2020-11-23T16:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:53:31.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cna@mongodb.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["mongodb/mongodb"],"epss":{"score":0.01249,"percentile":0.69211,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.25%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-35636","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cna@mongodb.com"},{"url":"https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-35636","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20804","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}