networking.c in Redis before 3.2.7 allows "Cross Protocol Scripting" because it lacks a…
Priority LOW 37CWE-254Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
networking.c in Redis before 3.2.7 allows "Cross Protocol Scripting" because it lacks a check for POST and Host: strings, which are not valid in the Redis protocol (but commonly occur when an attack triggers an HTTP request to the Redis TCP port).
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02137 82nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:redislabs:redis:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 3.2.7 | Vulnerable | Redis Labs |
- cpe:2.3:a:redislabs:redis:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.2.7 Vulnerable ·Redis Labs
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) Operational Tools | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) Operational Tools | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) Operational Tools | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Software Collections | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Not affected: 3 products
- Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 (Ocata)
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike)
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-10517
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r965-fhrj-6v64
References
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-2016-10517 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-10517 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-r965-fhrj-6v64 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2016-10517 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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