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.
CVE-2026-23631
This high-severity CVE scores 8.1 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 2.8%, top 15% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 8.1
- EG Score
- 8.1(medium)
- EG Risk
- 52(Track)EG Risk 52/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity81% × 45%Exploitation40% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 3%
- EPSS %ILE
- 86%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
May 5, 2026
Last Modified
July 25, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated May 5, 2026Lua Use-After-Free may lead to remote code execution · Advisory · redis/redis · GitHub
https://github.com/redis/redis/security/advisories/GHSA-8ghh-qpmp-7826Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-23631(8)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2026:33444Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: redis:7 security update
- RHSA-2026:26540Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: valkey security update
- RHSA-2026:26306Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: redis:7 security update
- RHSA-2026:25925Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: valkey security update
- RHSA-2026:25219Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: redis:7 security update
- RHSA-2026:25216Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: valkey security update
- CVE-2026-23631Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)Medium
redis-server Lua use-after-free may allow remote code execution
- RHSA-2026:14316Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
Patch Availability(7)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | redis:7-9040020260625094332.9 | 2026-06-30 | redhat |
| redhat | valkey-0:8.0.9-1.el10_0 | 2026-06-17 | redhat |
| redhat | redis:7-9060020260602115714.9 | 2026-06-16 | redhat |
| redhat | valkey-0:8.0.9-1.el9_8 | 2026-06-15 | redhat |
| redhat | redis:7-9080020260521083756.9 | 2026-06-11 | redhat |
| redhat | valkey-0:8.0.9-1.el10_2 | 2026-06-11 | redhat |
| redhat | valkey-main-9.0.4-0.1.hum1 | 2026-05-06 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(9 across 9 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.20(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| valkey | — | 7.2.13-r0 | — |
Alpine:v3.21(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| valkey | — | 7.2.13-r0 | — |
Alpine:v3.22(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| valkey | — | 8.1.7-r0 | — |
Alpine:v3.23(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| valkey | — | 9.0.4-r0 | — |
Alpine:v3.24(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| valkey | — | 9.0.4-r0 | — |
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| redis | 5:6.0.15-1 ... 5:8.6.3-1 (103 versions) | — | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| redis | 5:7.0.11-1 ... 5:7.0.15-1~deb12u7 (15 versions) | 5:7.0.15-1~deb12u8 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| redis | 5:8.0.2-3 ... 5:8.6.3-1 (11 versions) | — | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| redis | 5:8.0.2-3 ... 5:8.6.3-1 (9 versions) | — | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 6× in last 7d / 57× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
Showing the most recent 100 of 208 total refreshes for this CVE.
- 2026-09-04 05:06 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-02 14:11 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-01 13:53 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-01 04:39 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-08-28 21:41 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-25 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-23 20:44 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-23 20:44 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-17 13:02 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-17 13:02 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-16 04:59 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-16 04:59 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-15 01:54 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-08-15 01:54 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-14 14:44 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-14 03:34 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-14 03:34 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-13 04:23 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-12 17:11 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-12 17:11 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-11 16:03 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-11 16:03 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-11 01:36 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-11 01:36 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-10 12:10 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-10 01:01 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-09 13:50 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-09 13:50 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-09 02:40 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-09 02:40 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-08 09:39 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-07 22:29 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-07 22:29 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-07 11:19 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-06 20:45 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-06 20:45 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-06 09:36 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-05 22:25 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-05 22:25 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-04 15:10 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-04 10:38 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-03 19:57 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-03 19:57 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-03 10:35 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-03 04:01 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-02 16:26 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-02 05:16 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-02 05:16 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-02 02:26 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-01 04:15 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-30 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-27 14:13 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-26 08:32 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-26 08:32 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-07-25 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-25 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-24 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-23 03:07 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-21 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-21 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-20 22:32 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-19 02:29 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-19 02:28 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-16 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-16 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-16 12:29 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 8.1
- 2026-07-16 12:08 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 8.8
- 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
Publicly available exploits
(1 reference)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- GitHub PoCyoyosh/DarkReplicaFirst seen May 7, 2026
CVE-2026-23631 (DarkReplica) Redis Exploit
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