Critical Pre-Auth MongoDB Flaw (CVE-2026-118383) Can Crash Lagging Servers on Failover

A critical flaw in MongoDB Server allows an unauthenticated attacker to send two requests that trigger a crash on the database server. The crash occurs only if that server is later chosen to take over as the main server while it still la…
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