Medium severity · published Apr 18, 2023
CVE-2023-28856
Redis is an open source, in-memory database that persists on disk
6.5
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Redis is an open source, in-memory database that persists on disk. Authenticated users can use the `HINCRBYFLOAT` command to create an invalid hash field that will crash Redis on access in affected versions. This issue has been addressed in in versions 7.0.11, 6.2.12, and 6.0.19. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 69% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RE
Redis · Redis
before 6.0.19; 6.2.0 before 6.2.12; 7.0.0 before 7.0.11 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
36; 37; 38 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28856
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28856
Patch
https://github.com/redis/redis/commit/bc7fe41e5857a0854d524e2a63a028e9394d2a5c
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/redis/redis/pull/11149
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/redis/redis/security/advisories/GHSA-hjv8-vjf6-wcr6
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00023.html
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EQ4DJSO4DMR55AWK6OPVJH5UTEB35R2Z/
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LPUTH7NBQTZDVJWFNUD24ZCS6NDUFYS6/
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