CVE-2026-82631 (GCVE-0-2026-82631)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-31 07:45 – Updated: 2026-08-31 11:33 X_Open Source
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
valkey-io valkey Blocked-on-keys blocked.c handleClientsBlockedOnKey use after free
Summary
A security flaw has been discovered in valkey-io valkey 9.1.0. The affected element is the function handleClientsBlockedOnKey of the file src/blocked.c of the component Blocked-on-keys Subsystem. The manipulation results in use after free. The attack may be performed from remote. A high complexity level is associated with this attack. The exploitability is described as difficult. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The patch is identified as b2fb0e13f5b4c8c2fb63dcfc2c37a067a0d6d20b. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-31 11:22 UTC
Assigner
References
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|---|---|
| https://vuldb.com/vuln/397129 | vdb-entrytechnical-description |
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| https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-82631 | third-party-advisory |
| https://vuldb.com/submit/893793 | third-party-advisory |
| https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/issues/4198 | issue-tracking |
| https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/pull/4212 | issue-trackingpatch |
| https://github.com/user-attachments/files/3011162… | exploit |
| https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/commit/b2fb0e… | patch |
| https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/ | product |
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- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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