Memory Corruption was discovered in the cmsgpack library in the Lua subsystem in Redis…
Priority HIGH 76CWE-787Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 9 fixed, 8 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Memory Corruption was discovered in the cmsgpack library in the Lua subsystem in Redis before 3.2.12, 4.x before 4.0.10, and 5.x before 5.0 RC2 because of stack-based buffer overflows.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.58827 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Partial Red Hat: 3 advisoriesRed Hat: 9 fixed, 8 without a fix
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 · 7
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:redislabs:redis:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 3.2.12; 4.0 to before 4.0.10 | Vulnerable | Redis Labs |
| cpe:2.3:a:redislabs:redis:5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.0 rc1 | Vulnerable | Redis Labs |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 9.0 | Vulnerable | Debian |
| cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_operations_monitor:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.4 | Vulnerable | Oracle |
| cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_operations_monitor:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.0 | Vulnerable | Oracle |
| cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 10 | Vulnerable | Red Hat |
| cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 13 | Vulnerable | Red Hat |
- cpe:2.3:a:redislabs:redis:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.2.12; 4.0 to before 4.0.10 Vulnerable ·Redis Labs
- cpe:2.3:a:redislabs:redis:5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 rc1 Vulnerable ·Redis Labs
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
- cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_operations_monitor:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.4 Vulnerable ·Oracle
- cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_operations_monitor:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·Oracle
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
Remediation
Red Hat 3 advisories
- RHSA-2019:1860 Released 2019-07-25 · Red Hat rating Importantrh-redis32-redis security update
- Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) rh-redis32-redis-3.2.13-1.el6
- Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-redis32-redis-3.2.13-1.el7
- Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) rh-redis32-redis-3.2.13-1.el7
- Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) rh-redis32-redis-3.2.13-1.el7
- Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6) rh-redis32-redis-3.2.13-1.el7
- Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) rh-redis32-redis-3.2.13-1.el6
- Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-redis32-redis-3.2.13-1.el7
- RHSA-2019:0094 Released 2019-01-16 · Red Hat rating Moderateredis security update
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 redis-3.2.8-3.el7ost
- RHSA-2019:0052 Released 2019-01-16 · Red Hat rating Moderateredis security update
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 redis-3.0.6-4.el7ost
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 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 Mobile Application Platform 4 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike) | 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 OpenStack Platform 10.0 | Fixed | RHSA-2019:0052 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 | Fixed | RHSA-2019:0094 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) | Fixed | RHSA-2019:1860 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) | Fixed | RHSA-2019:1860 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) | Fixed | RHSA-2019:1860 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) | Fixed | RHSA-2019:1860 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6) | Fixed | RHSA-2019:1860 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) | Fixed | RHSA-2019:1860 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) | Fixed | RHSA-2019:1860 |
Not affected: 3 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Fuse 7
- Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-11218
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-84mm-87vg-44q4
References
Exploit 2
Patch 2
Sources
- CVE-2018-11218 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-11218 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-84mm-87vg-44q4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2018-11218 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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