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CVE-2022-0543

CVE-2022-0543CRITICAL

Debian redis — Redis Debian-specific Redis Servers

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   N  C  H  H  H   10.0   .9935   99.9   YES

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  redis    n/a –     —

TIMELINE
  Feb 8   Reserved by debian
  Feb 18  Published (CNA: debian)
  Mar 28  Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-04-18

CWE-862 · CNA: debian · CVSS v3.1 · 7 references · KEV due April 18, 2022

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
February 8, 2022	Reserved	Reserved by debian
February 18, 2022	Published	Published (CNA: debian)
March 28, 2022	KEV ADDED	Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-04-18

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
Debian	redis	—	n/a	—

Weaknesses

CWE-862

References (7)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166885/Redis-Lua-Sandbox-Escape.html [x_refsource_MISC]
https://bugs.debian.org/1005787 [x_refsource_MISC]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2022/msg00048.html [mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220331-0004/ [x_refsource_CONFIRM]
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-0543 [government-resource]
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5081 [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN]
https://www.ubercomp.com/posts/2022-01-20_redis_on_debian_rce [x_refsource_MISC]

Authoritative record: CVE-2022-0543 at cve.org

Vendors: debian

Weaknesses: CWE-862

About this page

This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2022-0543 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Sunday, October 4, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.