CVE-2020-21468
HighCVSS 7.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Elevated risk63th percentile - higher than 63% of all known CVEs
Summary
A segmentation fault in the redis-server component of Redis 5.0.7 leads to a denial of service (DOS). The vendor cannot reproduce this issue in a released version, such as 5.0.7.
Risk Assessment
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the Redis server, causing disruption of services that depend on the database.
Recommendation
It is recommended to monitor Redis security updates and consider implementing temporary mitigations, such as restricting access to the Redis server to trusted hosts only.
Other vulnerabilities in Redis
See all- CVE-2016-10517High
Redis before version 3.2.7 is vulnerable to 'Cross Protocol Scripting' due to a lack of checks for POST and Host: strings, which are not valid in the Redis protocol.
- CVE-2015-8080High
Integer overflow in the getnum function in lua_struct.c in Redis 2.8.x before 2.8.24 and 3.0.x before 3.0.6 allows context-dependent attackers with permission to run Lua code in a Redis session to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly bypass intended sandbox restrictions via a large number, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.
- CVE-2015-4335High
Redis versions before 2.8.21 and 3.x before 3.0.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary Lua bytecode via the eval command.
- CVE-2026-81934Critical
Redis contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the 'tlsProcessPendingData()' function, which handles the TLS pending-data list if Redis is configured with TLS support. A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the Redis server. Fixed in Redis 8.2.9, 8.4.6, 8.6.6, 8.8.2, and 8.10.1.
- CVE-2023-36824High
In Redis 7.0 prior to 7.0.12, a vulnerability exists that may lead to a heap overflow when extracting key names from a command and a list of arguments. This can result in reading random heap memory, heap corruption, and potentially remote code execution.
- CVE-2017-15047Critical
The clusterLoadConfig function in Redis 4.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array index and application crash) by leveraging 'limited access to the machine'.
- CVE-2016-8339Critical
A buffer overflow in Redis versions 3.2.x prior to 3.2.4 can lead to arbitrary code execution when a crafted command is sent. An out of bounds write vulnerability exists in the handling of the client-output-buffer-limit option during the CONFIG SET command.
- CVE-2026-66373High
Redis before version 8.8.0, in the unusual case where an authenticated attacker can execute RESTORE, allows remote code execution via a RESTORE payload where the same NACK (pending entry) is referenced by more than one consumer. Deleting both consumers via XGROUP DELCONSUMER leads to a double free. This issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-25243.
- CVE-2026-25243High
A vulnerability in Redis up to version 8.6.3 allows an authenticated attacker to execute remote code via crafted data in the RESTORE command due to improper validation of serialized values.
- CVE-2026-23631High
Redis with Lua scripting enabled contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the master-replica synchronization mechanism. An authenticated attacker can exploit replicas with replica-read-only disabled to achieve remote code execution.
Original NVD description (English source)
A segmentation fault in the redis-server component of Redis 5.0.7 leads to a denial of service (DOS). NOTE: the vendor cannot reproduce this issue in a released version, such as 5.0.7.

