VYPR
Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 23, 2026· Updated Feb 25, 2026

Valkey has Pre-Authentication DOS from malformed RESP request

CVE-2026-27623

Description

Valkey is a distributed key-value database. Starting in version 9.0.0 and prior to version 9.0.3, a malicious actor with network access to Valkey can cause the system to abort by triggering an assertion. When processing incoming requests, the Valkey system does not properly reset the networking state after processing an empty request. A malicious actor can then send a request that the server incorrectly identifies as breaking server side invariants, which results in the server shutting down. Version 9.0.3 fixes the issue. As an additional mitigation, properly isolate Valkey deployments so that only trusted users have access.

Affected products

2
  • Valkey Io/Valkeyllm-fuzzy
    Range: >=9.0.0 <9.0.3
  • valkey-io/valkeyv5
    Range: >= 9.0.0, < 9.0.3

Patches

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