CVE-2026-93761: mongodb inc. mongoid
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-93761 is a high (CVSS 8.7) vulnerability in mongodb inc. mongoid. EPSS estimates a 0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 18-09-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 19-09-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
An inefficient regular expression complexity issue in the in-memory query evaluation component of the Mongoid library may allow an unauthenticated party to cause excessive processing within an embedding application process. Applications that place user-supplied text into a pattern-matching query condition on an embedded association may become unresponsive.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- NVDNIST8.7HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVDNIST7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.46%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
39%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.19 pp
From 0.27% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Mongodb1 product
- mongoid≥ 8.0.0, < 8.0.13 | ≥ 8.1.0, < 8.1.13 | ≥ 9.0.0, < 9.0.12 | 9.1.0
Mongodb inc.1 product
- mongoid≥ 7.2.0, ≤ 7.2.6 | ≥ 7.3.0, ≤ 7.3.5 | ≥ 7.4.0, ≤ 7.4.3 | ≥ 7.5.0, ≤ 7.5.4 | ≥ 7.6.0, ≤ 7.6.1 | ≥ 8.0.0, ≤ 8.0.12 | ≥ 8.1.0, ≤ 8.1.12 | ≥ 9.0.0, ≤ 9.0.11 | 9.1.0
2 vendors · 2 products
References
1 links- jira.mongodb.org/browse/MONGOID-5981Permissions Required