An authenticated user may trigger an invariant assertion during command dispatch due to incorrect validation on the $external database. This may result in mongod denial of service or server crash. This issue affects: MongoDB Inc. MongoDB Server v5.0 versions, prior to and including v5.0.6.
{
"severity": "Medium",
"cpes": [
"cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
]
}