CVE-2016-3104 json
mongod in MongoDB 2.6, when using 2.4-style users, and 2.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and proc…
published 2017-04-14 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-4159
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 2.5%
- EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
mongod in MongoDB 2.6, when using 2.4-style users, and 2.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and process termination) by leveraging in-memory database representation when authenticating against a non-existent database.
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2016-3104 updated cvss 5.0
mongodb: Unauthenticated remote DoS via memory exhaustion
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse) mongodb Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) mongodb Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) mongodb, mongodb-test, mongodb-server Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 mongodb, mongodb-server Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 mongodb Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) mongodb, mongodb-serveraffected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
+2 more productsfewer
Red Hat Satellite 6 mongodb, libmongodb, mongodb-server Red Hat Software Collections rh-mongodb26-mongodb, rh-mongodb32-mongodb, rh-mongodb30upg-mongodb, rh-mongodb26-mongodb-test, rh-mongodb32-mongodb-test, rh-mongodb26-mongodb-server, +2 more -
Red Hat Storage Console 2 mongodbaffected: no fix available
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Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager mongodbaffected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
2.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
- Technology feeds
References
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jira.mongodb.org
/browse/SERVER-24378
vendor-advisory
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bugzilla.redhat.com
/show_bug.cgi?id=1324496
issue-tracking, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
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securityfocus.com
/bid/94929
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2016-3104
- NVD CVE-2016-3104
Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.