{"id":"GHSA-mh5c-679w-hh4r","aliases":["ROOT-APP-NPM-GHSA-mh5c-679w-hh4r"],"status":"published","title":"Denial of Service in mongodb","description":"Versions of `mongodb` prior to 3.1.13 are vulnerable to Denial of Service. The package fails to properly catch an exception when a collection name is invalid and the DB does not exist, crashing the application.\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nUpgrade to version 3.1.13 or later.","facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"published":"2020-09-03T21:12:01Z","modified":"2026-08-06T14:00:14Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"npm","package":"mongodb","fixed_in":["3.1.13"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"npm","package":"mongodb","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.1.13"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"npm","package":"mongodb","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.1.13"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1203","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mh5c-679w-hh4r"}],"sources":{"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-mh5c-679w-hh4r","title":"Denial of Service in mongodb","description":"Versions of `mongodb` prior to 3.1.13 are vulnerable to Denial of Service. The package fails to properly catch an exception when a collection name is invalid and the DB does not exist, crashing the application.\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nUpgrade to version 3.1.13 or later.","status":"published","published":"2020-09-03T21:12:01Z","modified":"2023-01-09T05:04:00Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:36:08.267721Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-mh5c-679w-hh4r","title":"Denial of Service in mongodb","description":"Versions of `mongodb` prior to 3.1.13 are vulnerable to Denial of Service. The package fails to properly catch an exception when a collection name is invalid and the DB does not exist, crashing the application.\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nUpgrade to version 3.1.13 or later.","status":"published","published":"2020-09-03T21:12:01Z","modified":"2020-08-31T18:51:01Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:51.811331Z"},{"id":"ROOT-APP-NPM-GHSA-mh5c-679w-hh4r","title":"GHSA-mh5c-679w-hh4r in mongodb - Patched by Root","description":"Root has patched GHSA-mh5c-679w-hh4r in the mongodb package for Root:npm. Multiple fixed versions available.","status":"withdrawn","published":"2026-08-05T13:04:45Z","modified":"2026-08-06T14:00:14.940942055Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:53:27.940619Z"}]}}