Security advisory

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-12453",
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    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-12453",
    "summary": "Type confusion in the xgroupCommand function in t_stream.c in redis-server in Redis before 5.0 allows remote attackers to cause denial-of-service via an XGROUP command in which the key is not a stream.",
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            "2.2.0-rc1",
            "2.2-alpha6",
            "2.2-alpha5",
            "2.2-alpha4",
            "2.2-alpha3",
            "2.2-alpha2",
            "2.2-alpha1",
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            "v1.3.10",
            "v1.3.9",
            "v1.3.8",
            "v1.3.7",
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T14:10:59.196731893Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/antirez/redis/commit/c04082cf138f1f51cedf05ee9ad36fb6763cafc6",
        "https://gist.github.com/fakhrizulkifli/34a56d575030682f6c564553c53b82b5",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44908/"
      ],
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 443202,
  "published_at": "2018-06-16T17:29:00.207+00:00"
}