CVE-2026-85522
A vulnerability was detected in valkey-io valkey up to 9.5.4/9.1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is the function createSlotImportJob of the file src/cluster_migrateslots.c of the component Slot Migration. The manipulation of the argument job_name results in out-of-bounds read. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used. Upgrading to version 9.0.5 and 9.1.1 addresses this issue. The patch is identified as f4dc3ca09eb650c2fe14060090a41c524eca803f. Upgrading the affected component is advised.
What this means for your business
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.5% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 41% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Ask your IT team or provider whether any of your systems use the affected product.
- 2If you do, follow the vendor's guidance. No patch reference has been published yet.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 5.3 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L- CVSS v4
- 5.5
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Assigned by
- cna@vuldb.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-09-04
- Last modified
- 2026-09-08
- Sources
- NVD
References
- https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/
- https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/commit/f4dc3ca09eb650c2fe14060090a41c524eca803f
- https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/issues/4207
- https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/pull/4210
- https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/releases/tag/9.1.1
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-85522
- https://vuldb.com/submit/895119
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/398707
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/398707/cti