python-redis — security advisory

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-28858",
  "method": "structured",
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    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-28858",
    "summary": "redis-py before 4.5.3 leaves a connection open after canceling an async Redis command at an inopportune time, and can send response data to the client of an unrelated request in an off-by-one manner. NOTE: this CVE Record was initially created in response to reports about ChatGPT, and 4.3.6, 4.4.3, and 4.5.3 were released (changing the behavior for pipeline operations); however, please see CVE-2023-28859 about addressing data leakage across AsyncIO connections in general.",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-17T12:57:17.703177125Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2023-28858"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-28858",
        "https://github.com/redis/redis-py/compare/v4.3.5...v4.3.6",
        "https://github.com/redis/redis-py/pull/2641",
        "https://openai.com/blog/march-20-chatgpt-outage",
        "https://github.com/redis/redis-py/compare/v4.4.2...v4.4.3",
        "https://github.com/redis/redis-py/compare/v4.5.2...v4.5.3",
        "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28858"
      ]
    },
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        "value": "CVE-2023-28858",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 357115,
  "published_at": "2023-03-26T19:15:00+00:00"
}