Customer Hotfix & Patch Verification
Parent: KB-Backed Troubleshooting · Published reference · snapshot 2026-10-15
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Structure and components
- [medium] MongoDB 8.0.17 is ready for production deployment and contains only fixes since 8.0.16; it is a recommended upgrade for all 8.0 users and includes SERVER-115508, the fix for CVE-2025-14847. (The 'hotfix' label belongs to SERVER-116495, the 8.0.18 buffer-size change, not to 8.0.17.) (verified as of 2026-10-15) Sources: https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-116495, https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-115508, https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/mongodb-8-0-17-is-released/332824 [source]
How it works
- [low] On May 26, 2020, MongoDB identified a bug in the transaction retry mechanism responsible for observed anomalies, with a patch scheduled for 4.2.8. (verified as of 2026-10-15) Sources: https://jepsen.io/analyses/mongodb-4.2.6 [source]
Problems, failure modes and limitations
- [low] Self-hosted MongoDB instances remain at risk until patched, while MongoDB Atlas instances were upgraded automatically requiring no customer action. Sources: https://www.wiz.io/blog/mongobleed-cve-2025-14847-exploited-in-the-wild-mongodb [source]
Facts and statements
- [low] MongoDB versioning follows the form X.Y.Z, where X.Y is the release series and Z is the patch number. Sources: https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/reference/versioning.md [source]
- [low] Atlas clusters on major versions receive bug fixes and security patches, but must be manually upgraded before End of Life (EOL) or Atlas automatically upgrades them to the latest supported major version. Sources: https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/reference/versioning.md [source]
- [low] Patch Releases are made available as needed for Major and Minor Releases, generally including bug fixes and minor improvements. Sources: https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/reference/versioning.md [source]
- [low] The mongod binary includes a commit identifier, a version string in <major>.<minor>.<patch> format, a boolean for debugging options, a number for target processor architecture, and a list of add-on modules such as "enterprise" and "rocksdb". Sources: https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/reference/command/buildInfo.md [source]
- [low] MongoDB patched the majority of the Atlas fleet by December 17, 2025, and the remainder by December 18, 2025, proactively patching tens of thousands of customers and hundreds of thousands of instances. (verified as of 2026-10-15) Sources: https://www.mongodb.com/company/blog/news/mongodb-server-security-update-december-2025 [source]
- [low] Percona Server for MongoDB released patches 8.0.17-6 and 7.0.28-15, and additionally released patch 6.0.27-21 on January 12, 2026, despite its EOL status. (verified as of 2026-10-15) Sources: https://www.percona.com/blog/urgent-security-update-patching-mongobleed-cve-2025-14847-in-percona-server-for-mongodb/ [source]
Related concepts
- Patch — is a part of Customer Hotfix & Patch Verification
- Customer — is a part of Customer Hotfix & Patch Verification
- Hotfix — is a part of Customer Hotfix & Patch Verification
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