Double free in MongoDB driver for C - CVE-2026-84964

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Double free in MongoDB driver for C - CVE-2026-84964

Published: September 7, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU147244
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-84964
CWE-ID: CWE-415
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to a double free in the OpenSSL-based TLS certificate revocation checking path of the MongoDB C Driver when processing specially formed certificate data during a TLS handshake. A remote attacker can provide a crafted certificate to cause a denial of service.

The TLS endpoint must already be trusted by the connecting client application.


Affected software

MongoDB driver for C
Fedora
mongo-c-driver

How to mitigate CVE-2026-84964

Install security update from vendor's website.

MongoDB driver for C - addressed in versions 1.30.9, 2.5.2
mongo-c-driver - addressed in versions 1.30.9-1.el8, 1.30.9-1.el9, 1.30.9-1.el10_2, 1.30.9-1.fc43, 1.30.9-1.fc44, 2.5.2-1.el10_3, 2.5.2-1.el10_4, 2.5.2-1.fc45

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