Authentication bypass in FalkorDB Bolt endpoint via fail-open AUTH probe error handling
An improper authentication vulnerability in the is_authenticated function (src/bolt/bolt_api.c) in FalkorDB before 4.20.0 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute graph queries without credentials through the Bolt endpoint. The function decides whether a password is required by issuing an empty AUTH command to Redis and treats only a WRONGPASS error as meaning that a password is required; any other error, such as LOADING while a dataset is being loaded, MASTERDOWN during replication failover, or OOM under memory pressure, causes the client to be treated as authenticated. Only deployments that enable the Bolt endpoint (BOLT_PORT, disabled by default) are affected.
CVE-2026-107910
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-107910
FalkorDB
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
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- Prerequisites
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Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"cpes": [
"cpe:2.3:a:falkordb:falkordb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
],
"repo": "https://github.com/FalkorDB/FalkorDB",
"vendor": "FalkorDB",
"modules": [
"Bolt protocol endpoint"
],
"product": "FalkorDB",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "0",
"lessThan": "4.20.0",
"versionType": "semver"
}
],
"programFiles": [
"src/bolt/bolt_api.c"
],
"collectionURL": "https://github.com/FalkorDB/FalkorDB",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"programRoutines": [
{
"name": "is_authenticated"
}
]
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-107910
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Publisher severity
critical
Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics
- Event
- #29257 · Revision 1
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