CVE-2026-23631
redis-server Lua use-after-free may allow remote code execution
- Published
- May 5, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 16, 2026
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Evidence observed
- Aug 17, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 85.8%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
1- DarkReplicaExploit
CVE-2026-23631 (DarkReplica) Redis Exploit
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