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Autonomous AI Tool Finds 2-Year-Old RCE Flaw in Redis (CVE-2026

The Hacker Newsby @TheHackersNews ()4 min read5 · 2 reads
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CVE-2026-23479
Redis: In redis-server from 7.2.0 until 8.6.3, the unblock client flow does not handle an error return from…
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4 min read at thehackernews.com

Redis has patched a use-after-free in its blocking-client code that lets an authenticated user run arbitrary OS commands on the machine hosting the database. The flaw was found by an autonomous AI tool built to hunt bugs in large codebases. Tracked as CVE-2026-23479 , the flaw was introduced in Redis 7.

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