CVE-2026-88382 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service in applications using the hiredis library by triggering uncontrolled memory allocation in the RESP parser.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-88382?
CVE-2026-88382 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
hiredis commit 29ea279 (post-v1.5.0) contains an uncontrolled memory allocation vulnerability in its RESP aggregate parser.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-88382?
How do I fix CVE-2026-88382?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-88382 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-2026-88382 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-88382 exists.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-88382, ECHO-6db5-8c98-68b0, GHSA-h86j-r3fh-gj2j, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-88382.