CVE-2026-5759 (GCVE-0-2026-5759)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-09 04:04 – Updated: 2026-10-09 04:04
VLAI
Title
Double free and use-after-free in FalkorDB RdbLoadDeletedNodes allows remote code execution via crafted RDB
Summary
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.
Severity
9.3 (Critical)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
securin CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 80/100 over 70 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
FalkorDB FalkorDB Affected: 0 , < 4.18.1 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:falkordb:falkordb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Arjun Basnet from Securin
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