Insecure temporary file vulnerability in Redis before 2.6 related to /tmp/redis-%p.vm.
Priority LOW 25CWE-20Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Insecure temporary file vulnerability in Redis before 2.6 related to /tmp/redis-%p.vm.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00415 36th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Redis (Redis Labs): 2.6
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redis Labs | Redis | before 2.6 | 2.6 | Patch available | CNA |
- Redis VendorRedis Labs Affected before 2.6 Fixed in 2.6 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:redislabs:redis:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 2.6.0 | Vulnerable | Redis Labs |
- cpe:2.3:a:redislabs:redis:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.6.0 Vulnerable ·Redis Labs
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Redis (Redis Labs) Fixed in 2.6
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2013-0178
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-299x-crmv-p4vf
References
Patch 4
More Redis Labs Redis vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-07980 Memory Corruption was discovered in the cmsgpack library in the Lua subsystem in Redis… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-06853 Out-of-bounds write in Redis CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-12428 Integer overflow issues with *BIT commands on 32-bit systems CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2015-03637 Redis before 2.8.21 and 3.x before 3.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Lua bytecode via the eval command. CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2019-07513 Heap-based buffer overflow in redis CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2018-08939 Type confusion in the xgroupCommand function in t_stream.c in redis-server in Redis… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2013-0178 · CVE Program
- CVE-2013-0178 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-299x-crmv-p4vf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2013-0178 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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