Service crash via unchecked GRAPH.EFFECT replay
Published Sep 21, 2026 · Updated Sep 21, 2026
Denial of service in FalkorDB 4.20.1 allows attackers to crash the database during append-only file replay through GRAPH.EFFECT. In effects/effects_apply.c, effect application proceeds after an earlier replayed graph operation fails, then dereferences a missing relation matrix. Exploitation requires an append-only file containing the failed graph operation followed by its effect; every restart repeats the crash and prevents service.
Summary
What happened
Denial of service in FalkorDB 4.20.1 allows attackers to crash the database during append-only file replay through GRAPH.EFFECT. In effects/effects_apply.c, effect application proceeds after an earlier replayed graph operation fails, then dereferences a missing relation matrix. Exploitation requires an append-only file containing the failed graph operation followed by its effect; every restart repeats the crash and prevents service.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-88411
- Published
- Sep 21, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 21, 2026
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- Unknown vendor
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- Unknown product
- Classifications
- T1499
- Attack vector
- Unavailable
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- Unavailable
Timeline
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- Sep 21, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 21, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- GRAPH.EFFECT append-only replay crash reproducerproof of concept · demonstrated
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