vulnerability
Redis: Use After Free (CVE-2026-23631)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C) | May 5, 2026 | May 8, 2026 | May 17, 2026 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C)
Published
May 5, 2026
Added
May 8, 2026
Modified
May 17, 2026
Description
Redis is an in-memory data structure store. In all versions of redis-server with Lua scripting, an authenticated attacker can exploit the master-replica synchronization mechanism to trigger a use-after-free on replicas where replica-read-only is disabled or can be disabled, which may lead to remote code execution. A workaround is to prevent users from executing Lua scripts or avoid using replicas where replica-read-only is disabled. This is patched in version 8.6.3.
Solution
redislabs-redis-upgrade-8_6_3
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