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CVE-2022-0543

Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2022-03-28 by CISA-ADP, CISA KEV, GCVE · kevintel.

  • Published2022-02-18
  • WeaknessCWE-862

Am I affected?

With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.

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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2022-02-1820:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2022-03-28Added to the CISA KEV catalogCISA KEV
  3. 2022-03-28Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
  4. 2022-03-28Exploitation first reportedCISA KEV
  5. 2025-01-2920:49SSVC exploitation set to activeCISA-ADP

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 15:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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Versions per branch

NVD · OSV
Redisversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
—all versionsno fix published
redis
BranchAffectedFixed in
—all versionsno fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As debian, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • Debian redis

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2022-04-27

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • redisUbuntu:20.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 5:5.0.7-2ubuntu0.1
  • redisDebian:14all versions · fixed in 5:6.0.16-2
  • redisDebian:13all versions · fixed in 5:6.0.16-2
  • redisDebian:12all versions · fixed in 5:6.0.16-2
  • redisDebian:11all versions · fixed in 5:6.0.16-1+deb11u2
  • redisDebian:10all versions · fixed in 5:5.0.14-1+deb10u2
  • redis-7.2MinimOSall versions · fixed in 0and 58 other packages
  • redis-7.2Chainguardall versions · fixed in 0

4 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. CISA’s required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.due 2022-04-18

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-02 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
available
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
6 repositories, unverified0x7eTeam/CVE-2022-0543z92g/CVE-2022-0543fulxey/CVE-2022-0543SiennaSkies/redisHacknetw0rk7/CVE-2022-0543-Home-Lab
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
1 moduleexploit/linux/redis/redis_debian_sandbox_escaperank: excellentModule metadata: Metasploit Framework, © Rapid7, Inc., BSD-3-Clause.
Metasploit Framework

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Date Added
2022-03-28
Patch Due Date
2022-04-18
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2022-02-18
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Analyzed
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-9wpj-h5jq-88p9

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0543?

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.

Is CVE-2022-0543 actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2022-0543 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, meaning it has been confirmed as actively exploited in the wild. CISA requires federal agencies to patch by 2022-04-18.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-0543?

CVE-2022-0543 has a CVSS v3 base score of 10 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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