Key Findings: A critical vulnerability in MongoDB allows unauthenticated attackers to crash database servers The flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-29464, has a CVSS score of 8.7 and can lead to Denial of Service (DoS) conditions The vulnerability is caused by a memory exhaustion issue that can be triggered without any authentication Background MongoDB is a popular open-source NoSQL database management system that is widely adopted by organizations for its flexibility and scalability.