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Status published
Medium
CVE-2023-28856
`HINCRBYFLOAT` can be used to crash a redis-server process
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://github.com/redis/redis/security/advisories/GHSA-hjv8-vjf6-wcr6
- https://github.com/redis/redis/pull/11149
- https://github.com/redis/redis/commit/bc7fe41e5857a0854d524e2a63a028e9394d2a5c
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00023.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OQGKMKSQE67L32HE6W5EI2I2YKW5VWHI/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LPUTH7NBQTZDVJWFNUD24ZCS6NDUFYS6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EQ4DJSO4DMR55AWK6OPVJH5UTEB35R2Z/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230601-0007/
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Vulnerable Versions:
>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.11, >= 6.2.0, < 6.2.12, < 6.0.19
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 18th, 2023
Last Modified:
February 13th, 2025
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
T1499
Endpoint Denial of Service
Impact
T1190
Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1059
Command and Scripting Interpreter
Execution
T1562
Impair Defenses
Defense Evasion
T1485
Data Destruction
Impact
T1068
Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
T1213
Data from Information Repositories
Collection
T1565.002
Stored Data Manipulation
Impact