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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24736

Redis is an in-memory database that persists on disk. Prior to versions 6.2.7 and 7.0.0, an attacker attempting to load a specially crafted Lua script can cause NULL pointer dereference which will result with a crash of the redis-server process. The problem is fixed in Redis versions 7.0.0 and 6.2.7. An additional workaround to mitigate this problem without patching the redis-server executable, if Lua scripting is not being used, is to block access to `SCRIPT LOAD` and `EVAL` commands using ACL rules.

Products
redis
Affected versions
2:2.6.13-1, 2:2.6.16-3, 2:2.8.0-1, 2:2.8.2-1, 2:2.8.4-2, 2:2.8.4-2ubuntu0.2, 2:2.8.4-2ubuntu0.2+esm1, 2:2.8.4-2ubuntu0.2+esm2, 2:2.8.4-2ubuntu0.2+esm3, 2:2.8.4-2ubuntu0.2+esm4, 2:2.8.4-2ubuntu0.2+esm5, 2:3.0.3-3, 2:3.0.5-1, 2:3.0.5-2, 2:3.0.5-3, 2:3.0.5-4, 2:3.0.6-1, 2:3.0.6-1ubuntu0.2, 2:3.0.6-1ubuntu0.3, 2:3.0.6-1ubuntu0.4, 2:3.0.6-1ubuntu0.4+esm1, 2:3.0.6-1ubuntu0.4+esm2, 2:3.0.6-1ubuntu0.4+esm3, 2:3.0.6-1ubuntu0.4+esm4, 2:3.0.6-1ubuntu0.4+esm5, 4:4.0.1-7, 4:4.0.2-6, 4:4.0.2-9, 5:4.0.5-1, 5:4.0.6-1, 5:4.0.6-2, 5:4.0.7-1, 5:4.0.8-1, 5:4.0.8-2, 5:4.0.9-1, 5:4.0.9-1ubuntu0.1, 5:4.0.9-1ubuntu0.2, 5:4.0.9-1ubuntu0.2+esm2, 5:4.0.9-1ubuntu0.2+esm3, 5:4.0.9-1ubuntu0.2+esm4, 5:4.0.9-1ubuntu0.2+esm5, 5:4.0.9-1ubuntu0.2+esm6, 5:4.0.9-1ubuntu0.2+esm7, 5:5.0.5-2build1, 5:5.0.6-1, 5:5.0.7-1, 5:5.0.7-2, 5:5.0.7-2ubuntu0.1, 5:5.0.7-2ubuntu0.1+esm1, 5:5.0.7-2ubuntu0.1+esm2, 5:5.0.7-2ubuntu0.1+esm3, 5:5.0.7-2ubuntu0.1+esm4, 5:5.0.7-2ubuntu0.1~esm1, 5:6.0.15-1, 5:6.0.16-1, 5:6.0.16-1build1, 5:6.0.16-1ubuntu1, 5:6.0.16-1ubuntu1+esm1, 5:6.0.16-1ubuntu1+esm2, 5:6.0.16-1ubuntu1.1, 5:6.0.16-1ubuntu1.1+esm1, 5:6.0.16-1ubuntu1.2, 5:6.0.16-1ubuntu1.2+esm1
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2022-24736
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 06:37 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24736

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 Apr 2022, 20:15 UTC

Redis is an in-memory database that persists on disk. Prior to versions 6.2.7 and 7.0.0, an attacker attempting to load a specially crafted Lua script can cause NULL pointer dereference which will result with a crash of the redis-server process. The problem is fixed in Redis versions 7.0.0 and 6.2.7. An additional workaround to mitigate this problem without patching the redis-server executable, if Lua scripting is not being used, is to block access to `SCRIPT LOAD` and `EVAL` commands using ACL rules.

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Complete source record
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      "references": [
        "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-24736",
        "https://github.com/redis/redis/security/advisories/GHSA-3qpw-7686-5984",
        "https://github.com/redis/redis/pull/10651",
        "https://github.com/redis/redis/releases/tag/7.0.0",
        "https://github.com/redis/redis/releases/tag/6.2.7",
        "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24736"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2022-24736",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/1/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 299952,
  "published_at": "2022-04-27T20:15:00+00:00"
}