Client crash via OCSP request double free
Published Sep 3, 2026 · Updated Sep 3, 2026
Double free in the MongoDB C Driver 1.17.0 through 1.30.8 and 2.0.0 through 2.5.1 allows remote attackers to crash client applications. In the OpenSSL TLS certificate-revocation path, a certificate containing multiple OCSP URLs causes the same request-owned heap object to be freed twice during the handshake. Exploitation requires a TLS endpoint already trusted by the client; the demonstrated consequence is unexpected client termination, not data access or modification.
Summary
What happened
Double free in the MongoDB C Driver 1.17.0 through 1.30.8 and 2.0.0 through 2.5.1 allows remote attackers to crash client applications. In the OpenSSL TLS certificate-revocation path, a certificate containing multiple OCSP URLs causes the same request-owned heap object to be freed twice during the handshake. Exploitation requires a TLS endpoint already trusted by the client; the demonstrated consequence is unexpected client termination, not data access or modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-84964
- Published
- Sep 3, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 3, 2026
- Vendor
- MongoDB
- Product
- MongoDB C++ Driver
- Classifications
- CWE-415, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 3, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 3, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1.17.0 <1.30.9
- Affected versionversion=2.0.0 <2.5.2
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