Paper/Archive/CVE-2026-5759

CVE-2026-5759

FalkorDB FalkorDB — Double free and use-after-free in FalkorDB RdbLoadDeletedNodes allows remote code execution via crafted RDB

Description · from the CVE record

A double free and use-after-free vulnerability in the RdbLoadDeletedNodes function of the RDB graph decoders (src/serializers/decoders/*/decode_graph_entities.c) in FalkorDB before 4.18.1 allows a remote attacker who can issue Redis replication commands (for example, against an instance with no password configured) to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code in the redis-server process by supplying a crafted RDB stream whose deleted-nodes buffer length is not a multiple of sizeof(NodeID). The length check relies on ASSERT(), which is compiled out in release builds, so the function continues after freeing the buffer, reading it and freeing it a second time.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
FalkorDB< 4.18.14.18.1CNA

Scores by source

securin (CNA)9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
securin (CNA)9.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

patchgithub.com/FalkorDB/FalkorDB/pull/1843patchgithub.com/FalkorDB/FalkorDB/commit/523d98ac7ffe99f11a9c95c258025c235f0dff4crefgithub.com/FalkorDB/FalkorDB/releases/tag/v4.18.1