BIT-MONGODB-2026-5170 Users could trigger a crash of mongod primaries during promotion to sharded

A user with access to the cluster with a limited set of privilege actions can trigger a crash of a mongod process during the limited and unpredictable window when the cluster is being promoted from a replica set to a sharded cluster. This may cause a denial of service by taking down the primary o...

CVE-2026-5170 Users could trigger a crash of mongod primaries during promotion to sharded

A user with access to the cluster with a limited set of privilege actions can trigger a crash of a mongod process during the limited and unpredictable window when the cluster is being promoted from a replica set to a sharded cluster. This may cause a denial of service by taking down the primary o...