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Critical · 10.0 Known exploited Scanner template Public exploit CVE-2022-0543 EUVD-2022-15665GHSA-9wpj-h5jq-88p9

It was discovered, that redis, a persistent key-value database, due to a packaging issue, is prone to a (Debian-specific) Lua sandbox escap…

Published Feb 18, 2022 · Updated Oct 21, 2025 · Assigned by debian

Vendor: Debian Product: redis Package: redis Package: redis Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

It was discovered, that redis, a persistent key-value database, due to a packaging issue, is prone to a (Debian-specific) Lua sandbox escape, which could result in remote code execution.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Debian redis — —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 redis 5:6.0.16-2 —
Debian 13 redis 5:6.0.16-2 —
Debian 12 redis 5:6.0.16-2 —
Debian 11 redis 5:6.0.16-1+deb11u2 DSA-5081-1
Debian 10 redis 5:5.0.14-1+deb10u2 DSA-5081-1

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS redis 5:5.0.7-2ubuntu0.1 USN-5316-1

Public exploits

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Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Metasploit 1 module

GitHub 6 repositories

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Automated scanner template

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Advisories 3

References