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title: "CVE-2026-112368: MongoDB PHP driver - Denial of Service"
description: "MongoDB PHP driver contains a denial of service caused by uncontrolled recursion in BSON decoding logic, letting unauthenticated attackers supply crafted binary data to exhaust process stack, exploit requires crafted binary input."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-112368/
---

# CVE-2026-112368 MongoDB PHP driver - Denial of Service

MongoDB PHP driver contains a denial of service caused by uncontrolled recursion in BSON decoding logic, letting unauthenticated attackers supply crafted binary data to exhaust process stack, exploit requires crafted binary input.

CVSS base score 7.5 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112368)

## Details

Type

Denial of Service

Impact

Denial Of Service

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Published

19 October 2026

Updated

20 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-674](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/674.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version of MongoDB PHP driver.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112368](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112368)
- [https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/PHPC-276](https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/PHPC-276)

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- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
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