The MongoDB C Driver's Cyrus SASL integration performs unsafe string copying during username canonicalization, enabling a heap buffer overflow before any authentication or network traffic. This may be triggered by passing untrusted input in the username of a MongoDB URI with authMechanism=GSSAPI.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER-6134 Patch, Vendor Advisory, Issue Tracking
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 8.6 · mongodbNVD modified 2026-10-26 19:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:c_driver:*:*:*:*:*:mongodb:*:*
References 1
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER-6134 Patch, Vendor Advisory, Issue Tracking