CVE-2022-0543 in Redis and Debian Products
Published on February 18, 2022
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Debian-specific Redis Server Lua Sandbox Escape Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Redis is prone to a (Debian-specific) Lua sandbox escape, which could result in remote code execution.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by April 18, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2022-0543 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors in an automatable fashion. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.
Weakness Type
What is an AuthZ Vulnerability?
The software does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
CVE-2022-0543 has been classified to as an AuthZ vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2022-0543
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Affected Versions
Debian redis Version n/a is affected by CVE-2022-0543Exploit Probability
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