Vulnerability · Published Aug 27, 2026 · Assigned by cisa-cg

CVE-2026-81934Redis TLS pending-data list use-after-free

High 7.1

In plain English

A high-severity use-after-free in Redis from Redis. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 42% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 58.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Redis contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the 'tlsProcessPendingData()' function, which handles the TLS pending-data list if Redis is configured with TLS support. A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the Redis server.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8redis6.2.24-1.module_el8.10.0+4271+7f8f19afALSA-2026:64823
AlmaLinux:9redis6.2.24-1.el9_8ALSA-2026:64824
AlmaLinux:8redis-devel6.2.24-1.module_el8.10.0+4271+7f8f19afALSA-2026:64823
AlmaLinux:9redis-devel6.2.24-1.el9_8ALSA-2026:64824
AlmaLinux:8redis-doc6.2.24-1.module_el8.10.0+4271+7f8f19afALSA-2026:64823
AlmaLinux:9redis-doc6.2.24-1.el9_8ALSA-2026:64824
Debian:12redis5:7.0.15-1~deb12u10DEBIAN-CVE-2026-81934
Debian:13redis5:8.0.2-3+deb13u3DEBIAN-CVE-2026-81934
Debian:14redis5:8.0.6-3DEBIAN-CVE-2026-81934
Rocky Linux:8redis0:6.2.24-1.module+el8.10.0+40313+282db117RLSA-2026:64823
Rocky Linux:9redis0:7.2.16-1.module+el9.8.0+40315+e15874a8RLSA-2026:65120
Rocky Linux:9redis0:6.2.24-1.el9_8RLSA-2026:64824
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSredis5:6.0.16-1ubuntu1.2UBUNTU-CVE-2026-81934
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSredis5:6.0.16-1ubuntu1.2USN-8866-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSredis5:7.0.15-1ubuntu0.24.04.5USN-8866-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSredis5:7.0.15-1ubuntu0.24.04.5UBUNTU-CVE-2026-81934
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSredis5:8.0.5-1ubuntu0.1USN-8866-1
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSredis5:8.0.5-1ubuntu0.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-81934

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Redis Redis see references
Redis Redis Software (Enterprise) 0 – before 8.2.0-460 – before 8.0.20-960 – before 7.22.2-1790 – before 7.8.6-303

Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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