Redis allows denial-of-service due to malformed ACL selectors
Priority LOW 20CWE-20Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
Redis is an open source, in-memory database that persists on disk. An authenticated with sufficient privileges may create a malformed ACL selector which, when accessed, triggers a server panic and subsequent denial of service. The problem is fixed in Redis 7.2.7 and 7.4.2.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00303 23rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed redis (redis): 7.2.7, 7.4.2Red Hat: 1 advisory
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA redis (redis) Fixed in 7.2.7, 7.4.2
Red Hat 1 advisory
- RHSA-2025:0692 Released 2025-01-27 · Red Hat rating Importantredis:7 security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) redis-7.2.7-1.module+el9.5.0+22705+3d861c1c.aarch64::redis:7, redis-7.2.7-1.module+el9.5.0+22705+3d861c1c.ppc64le::redis:7, redis-7.2.7-1.module+el9.5.0+22705+3d861c1c.s390x::redis:7 +7
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:0692 |
Not affected: 9 products
- OpenShift Lightspeed
- Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 1.2
- Red Hat Discovery 1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI)
- Red Hat Fuse 7
- Red Hat Quay 3
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-51741
References
More Redis vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-00463 Missing authorization in Debian redis KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2025-31759 Redis Lua Use-After-Free may lead to remote code execution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2023-18618 Heap overflow in COMMAND GETKEYS and ACL evaluation in Redis CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-20813 Lua library commands may lead to stack overflow and RCE in Redis CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-08647 Heap overflow issue with the Lua cjson library used by Redis CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-08549 Lua scripts can be manipulated to overcome ACL rules in Redis CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-51741 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-51741 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- CVE-2024-51741 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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