CVE-2026-111279
High · CVSS 8.7Published 2026-10-15
CVSS
8.7
High
EPSS
—
exploit probability
Active Exploit
No
not yet listed
What is CVE-2026-111279?
Dragonfly through 2.0.2 contains an unbounded memory allocation vulnerability that allows unauthenticated clients to exhaust memory by passing a negative COUNT to HRANDFIELD, ZRANDMEMBER or SRANDMEMBER. Attackers can send a single command against a one-element key with a huge negative COUNT to trigger the OOM killer, terminating the instance for all clients.
CVSS Score Explained
CVSS 8.7 is High severity. Exploitation is likely straightforward and the impact is significant — data loss, privilege escalation, or remote code execution are common outcomes. Patch as soon as possible.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
No EPSS score yet — model needs more data on this CVE.
References & Patches
- ›https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly
- ›https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly/blob/8ce4bbb106586057fbd85f71ed353c60d0d5bf87/src/server/hset_family.cc#L1436-L1483
- ›https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly/blob/8ce4bbb106586057fbd85f71ed353c60d0d5bf87/src/server/set_family.cc#L957-L984
- ›https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly/blob/8ce4bbb106586057fbd85f71ed353c60d0d5bf87/src/server/zset_family.cc#L1519-L1522
- ›https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly/issues/8578
- ›https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dragonfly-through-2.0.2-unbounded-memory-allocation-via-negative-count-in-hrandfield-zrandmember-and-srandmember
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