Type confusion in the xgroupCommand function in t_stream.c in redis-server in Redis…
Priority MEDIUM 53CWE-704Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-704 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Type confusion in the xgroupCommand function in t_stream.c in redis-server in Redis before 5.0 allows remote attackers to cause denial-of-service via an XGROUP command in which the key is not a stream.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.23119 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
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 5.0 | Vulnerable | Redis Labs |
- cpe:2.3:a:redislabs:redis:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 5.0 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 →
Not affected: 14 products
- Red Hat Ceph Storage 3
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo)
- Red Hat Fuse 7
- Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6
- Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike)
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty)
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) Operational Tools
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka)
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) Operational Tools
- Red Hat Software Collections
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-12453
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wjvh-g4jc-jg48
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-2019-07514 Stack-based buffer overflow in redis CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2018-12453 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-12453 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wjvh-g4jc-jg48 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2018-12453 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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