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CVE-2025-46819

Redis < 8.2.1 Lua Long-String Delimiter - Out-of-Bounds Read

highseverity
1.1%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days
66%of all CVEs are less likely
Readycheck to confirm it

Redis is an open source, in-memory database that persists on disk. Versions 8.2.1 and below allow an authenticated user to use a specially crafted LUA script to read out-of-bound data or crash the server and subsequent denial of service. The problem exists in all versions of Redis with Lua scripting. This issue is fixed in version 8.2.2. To workaround this issue without patching the redis-server executable is to prevent users from executing Lua scripts. This can be done using ACL to block a script by restricting both the EVAL and FUNCTION command families.

Impact

Authenticated attackers can use specially crafted Lua scripts to read out-of-bound data or crash the Redis server, causing denial of service.

Fix

Update to version 8.2.2 or later.

How to confirm it

Positive when: success == true and compare_versions(version, ' < 8.2.2')
Positive when: success == true and contains(response, 'lua enabled')

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2025-46819 -u <target>

The full check
id: CVE-2025-46819

info:
  name: Redis  < 8.2.1 Lua Long-String Delimiter - Out-of-Bounds Read
  author: pussycat0x
  severity: high
  description: |
    Redis is an open source, in-memory database that persists on disk. Versions 8.2.1 and below allow an authenticated user to use a specially crafted LUA script to read out-of-bound data or crash the server and subsequent denial of service. The problem exists in all versions of Redis with Lua scripting. This issue is fixed in version 8.2.2. To workaround this issue without patching the redis-server executable is to prevent users from executing Lua scripts. This can be done using ACL to block a script by restricting both the EVAL and FUNCTION command families.
  impact: |
    Authenticated attackers can use specially crafted Lua scripts to read out-of-bound data or crash the Redis server, causing denial of service.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/dwisiswant0/CVE-2025-46819
  remediation: |
    Update to version 8.2.2 or later.
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    shodan-query: product:"redis"
  tags: cve,cve2025,js,redis,network,passive,authenticated,vuln

flow: javascript(1) && javascript(2)

javascript:
  - pre-condition: |
      isPortOpen(Host,Port);

    code: |
      const redis = require('nuclei/redis');
      const info = redis.GetServerInfo(Host,Port);
      Export(info);

    args:
      Host: "{{Host}}"
      Port: "6379"

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - success == true
          - compare_versions(version, ' < 8.2.2')
        condition: and

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        name: version
        part: response
        group: 1
        regex:
          - redis_version:(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)

  - code: |
      const redis = require('nuclei/redis');
      const info = redis.RunLuaScript(Host,Port,Password,Payload);
      Export(info);

    args:
      Host: "{{Host}}"
      Port: "6379"
      Password: "{{passwords}}"
      Payload: 'return "lua enabled"'

    payloads:
      passwords:
        - ""

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - success == true
          - contains(response, 'lua enabled')
        condition: and
        internal: true

References

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