CVE-2025-26268 Denial of service in Dragonfly
Authenticated users can crash the DragonflyDB daemon by sending a crafted Redis command with an invalid scan cursor.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-26268?
CVE-2025-26268 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in DragonflyDB Dragonfly, published on 17 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
DragonflyDB Dragonfly before 1.27.0 allows authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted Redis command. The validity of the scan cursor was not checked.
Weakness: CWE-392
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-26268?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Dragonflydb Dragonfly.
How do I fix CVE-2025-26268?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-26268 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2025-26268 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-26268 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in DragonflyDB Dragonfly
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w33v-rv28-x6m6.