Description
A user with read-only privileges is able to craft an aggregation pipeline using the $linearFill window function operator with a specific sortBy expression type to cause the mongod process to terminate abnormally, resulting in denial of service. The issue stems from insufficient validation of sort specifications during execution.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
MongoDB MongoDB Server
Default version status: unaffected
7.0 to < 7.0.39affected8.0 to < 8.0.28affected8.2.0 to < 8.2.12affected8.3.0 to < 8.3.7affected