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redis, lua5.1, lua-cjson, lua-bitop vulnerabilities

Published Apr 13, 2026 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that Redis incorrectly handled certain specially crafted
Lua scripts. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue was only addressed in
lua5.1 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2025-49844)

It was discovered that Redis incorrectly handled certain specially crafted
Lua scripts. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue was only addressed in
lua-bitop on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and in redis on Ubuntu
16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-31449)

Seiya Nakata and Yudai Fujiwara discovered that Redis incorrectly handled
certain specially crafted Lua scripts. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause heap corruption and execute arbitrary code. This issue was only
addressed in lua-cjson on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-24834)

Fixed packages 9

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 24.04 LTS 24.04:LTS redis 5:7.0.15-1ubuntu0.24.04.4
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS redis 2:3.0.6-1ubuntu0.4+esm5
Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS redis 5:4.0.9-1ubuntu0.2+esm7
Ubuntu · Pro 20.04 LTS Pro:20.04:LTS lua-bitop 1.0.2-5ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm2
Ubuntu · Pro 20.04 LTS Pro:20.04:LTS lua-cjson 2.1.0+dfsg-2.1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm2
Ubuntu · Pro 20.04 LTS Pro:20.04:LTS lua5.1 5.1.5-8.1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1
Ubuntu · Pro 22.04 LTS Pro:22.04:LTS lua-bitop 1.0.2-5ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm2
Ubuntu · Pro 22.04 LTS Pro:22.04:LTS lua-cjson 2.1.0+dfsg-2.1ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm2
Ubuntu · Pro 22.04 LTS Pro:22.04:LTS lua5.1 5.1.5-8.1ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-24834
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-31449
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-49844