CVE-2026-27623
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Malformed RESP requests can trigger a pre-authentication denial of service condition.
- Who is affected
- All Valkey deployments are affected regardless of authentication configuration.
- Urgency
- High; DOS vulnerability affecting availability with CVSS 7.5, though not yet exploited.
- Action
- Upgrade Valkey to a patched version that validates RESP request format before processing.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.35% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 28% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- highCVE-2026-27623: Valkey has Pre-Authentication DOS from malformed RESP requestmsrc · 2026-08-06
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