CVE-2026-9748 — $_internalConvertBucketIndexStats may crash the mongod server when working on no timeseries input
The $_internalConvertBucketIndexStats stage used PauseExecution as a way to signal "skip this document" when an index stats conversion failed. But PauseExecution is not a genera…
Published: 2026-06-09 · CVSS: 7.1 · CVSS 4.0
The $_internalConvertBucketIndexStats stage used PauseExecution as a way to signal "skip this document" when an index stats conversion failed. But PauseExecution is not a general purpose skip mechanism, but rather a TeeBuffer-internal signal used solely by $facet to coordinate its sub-pipelines. When this stage is placed before $facet in a pipeline, TeeBuffer receives the unexpected PauseExecution from upstream and hits a hard invariant assertion, crashing mongod.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7