CVE-2026-6231 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2026-6231: The bson_validate function may return early on specific inputs and incorrectly report success. This behavior could result in skipping validation for BSON data, allowing malformed or invalid UTF-8 sequences to bypass validation and be processed incorrectly. The issue may affect applications that rely

Affects 2 Linux releases across 2 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2026-6231 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

mongo-c-driver→ fixed in1.23.1-1+deb12u3urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y mongo-c-driver
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

mongo-c-driver→ fixed in1.30.4-1+deb13u2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y mongo-c-driver
```

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