CVE•Published 2026-08-11•Modified 2026-09-16•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-18692Mongodb · Mongodb
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
37
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 63% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
An issue in MongoDB Server's handling of timeseries bucket lifecycle could allow an authenticated user with write privileges to cause an internal reference to be used after the underlying memory has been freed. Subsequent operations could then result in a server crash or, potentially, execution of unintended code.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-09-16
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag5,377 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-18692Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Mongodb Mongodb"All exposed Mongodb Mongodb instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Mongodb"HTTP body or banner mentions "Mongodb" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-18692Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-18692Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-18692Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-18692GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-18692" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-18692 on GitHub.