Lua Sandbox Escape in Redis Affected by Debian Packaging Issue
CVE-2022-0543

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Key Information:

Vendor: Debian
Status: Redis
Vendor: CVE Published:; 18 February 2022

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC🟣 EPSS 94%🦅 CISA Reported

Summary

The vulnerability in Redis arises from a packaging issue specific to Debian, which exposes the system to a Lua sandbox escape. This flaw could potentially allow attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely, compromising the security and integrity of applications that rely on Redis as a persistent key-value database. System administrators are advised to apply the security update to mitigate the risk associated with this exposure.

CISA Reported

CISA provides regional cyber and physical services to support security and resilience across the United States. CISA monitor the most dangerious vulnerabilities and have identifed as being exploited but is not known by the CISA to be used in ransomware campaigns. This is subject to change at pace

The CISA's recommendation is: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Affected Version(s)

redis

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.