Security Resilience

CVE-2023-28425

Command Injection in Redis 7.0.8 – 7.0.10

High EPSSCommand Injection
Published
20 March 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.59 99.1th percentile
Risk Priority 70 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2023-28425 is a medium-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Redis Redis. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Data Obfuscation (T1001); ranked in the top 0.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2023-28425 affects Redis, an in-memory database that persists on disk. Starting in version 7.0.8 and prior to 7.0.10, authenticated users can invoke the MSETNX command to trigger a runtime assertion that terminates the server process. The flaw is tracked under CWE-77 and CWE-617 and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 5.5 reflecting local attack vector, low complexity, and high availability impact.

An attacker who already possesses a valid Redis account on the affected host can execute the MSETNX command to crash the server, resulting in a denial-of-service condition. No additional user interaction or elevated privileges beyond a standard authenticated session are required.

The official fix is included in Redis 7.0.10. The project advisory and commit reference 48e0d4788434833b47892fe9f3d91be7687f25c9 document the patch, while NetApp’s advisory NTAP-20230413-0005 lists affected products and remediation guidance. The EPSS score has remained at 0.4529 with no material increase after disclosure.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A05:2025 Injection

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Redis is an in-memory database that persists on disk. Starting in version 7.0.8 and prior to version 7.0.10, authenticated users can use the MSETNX command to trigger a runtime assertion and termination of the Redis server process. The problem is…

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fixed in Redis version 7.0.10.

CWE(s)
CWE-77CWE-617

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1001 Data Obfuscation Command And Control
Adversaries may obfuscate command and control traffic to make it more difficult to detect.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003 OS Credential Dumping Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to dump credentials to obtain account login and credential material, normally in the form of a hash or a clear text password.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.001 LSASS Memory Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to access credential material stored in the process memory of the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS).
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.003 NTDS Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to access or create a copy of the Active Directory domain database in order to steal credential information, as well as obtain other information about domain members such as devices, users, and access rights.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.004 LSA Secrets Credential Access
Adversaries with SYSTEM access to a host may attempt to access Local Security Authority (LSA) secrets, which can contain a variety of different credential materials, such as credentials for service accounts.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.007 Proc Filesystem Credential Access
Adversaries may gather credentials from the proc filesystem or `/proc`.
attack.mitre.org →
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

redis
redis
7.0.8 — 7.0.10

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

DE.CM-09 partial match
blocks

Runtime monitoring of software can detect assertion-triggered crashes as adverse events.

ID.RA-01 partial match
blocks

Vulnerability identification processes can discover and record reachable-assertion flaws before deployment.

PR.PS-06 partial match
blocks

Secure SDLC practices directly prevent unsafe assertions from being coded in reachable paths.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.5.14 Information transfer partial match
removes
A.5.15 Access control partial match
removes
A.5.16 Identity management partial match
removes
A.5.17 Authentication information partial match
removes
A.5.18 Access rights partial match
removes
A.8.10 Information deletion partial match
removes

Hardening callouts derived

DISA STIG baselines are authored against specific weaknesses. Where this CVE cites a broad weakness class, the mapping is not asserted at that abstraction (owner ruling, 2026-09-25: grade only at Base and below), so no rule is shown here rather than a rule shown against the wrong grain.

  • No fine-grained STIG row for CWE-77, a class-level weakness, and none of its children carries one either.

References