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CVE-2014-3971

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-12-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The CmdAuthenticate::_authenticateX509 function in db/commands/authentication_commands.cpp in mongod in MongoDB 2.6.x before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by attempting authentication with an invalid X.509 client certificate.

Affected products

• MongoDB: 2.6.0, 2.6.1

References

• https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/c151e0660b9736fe66b224f1129a16871165251b
• https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-13753
• https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/c151e0660b9736fe66b224f1129a16871165251b
• https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-13753

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