Tag: WiredTiger

Issues related to MongoDB's default storage engine, WiredTiger, including corruption, crash loops, and initialization errors.

ID	Title	Description	Category	Technology	Tags
CRE-2025-0113 Critical Impact: 10/10 Mitigation: 8/10	MongoDB WiredTiger Cache OOM Kill	Detects MongoDB Out-Of-Memory (OOM) kill caused by WiredTiger cache pressure. This occurs when the cache fills with dirty pages faster than they can be evicted, causing uncontrolled memory growth until the OS kills the process.	Database Availability	mongodb	MongoDB WiredTiger OOM Kill Memory Pressure Cache Eviction Critical Failure
CRE-2025-0129 Critical Impact: 10/10 Mitigation: 9/10	MongoDB Crash Loop Due to WiredTiger Metadata Corruption	Detects MongoDB failures where the server enters a crash loop due to corrupted WiredTiger metadata. This prevents startup and often requires manual repair or restoration from backups.	MongoDB Startup Failure	mongodb	MongoDB WiredTiger Metadata Corruption Crash Loop Startup Failure