CVE-2025-46818
CVE-2025-46818 — Redis: Authenticated users can execute LUA scripts as a different user
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 manipulate different LUA objects and potentially run their own code in the context of another user. The problem exists in all versions of Redis with LUA scripting. This issue is fixed in version 8.2.2. A workaround to mitigate the problem 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.
Published Updated Sources: cvelistV5, GitHub_M
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.
Exploitation
Exploit code
public exploit, none observed
EPSS
1%
chance of exploitation in 30 days
CVSS base
6
MEDIUM
CISA SSVC assessment
Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses · SSVC 2.0.3. A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.
Exploitation
None
none · proof-of-concept · active
Automatable
No
can an attacker script all four kill-chain steps
Technical impact
Total
partial · total control of the vulnerable component
Affected scope
The catalog records vendors and products as separate lists, not pairs, so which product belongs to which vendor is not something this page can say.
Vendors (1)
Products (1)
Every base score collected
Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.
| Score | Version | Severity | Expl. | Impact | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM | — | — | cvelistV5 |
Weakness & attack patterns
- CWE-94
Attack patterns reported against this CVE. The ATT&CK techniques below are inferred from its weakness class.
- T1027.006Obfuscated Files or Information: HTML Smuggling
- T1027.009Obfuscated Files or Information: Embedded Payloads
- T1564.009Hide Artifacts: Resource Forking
Public exploit
Capability, not use: code existing is a different claim from anyone running it.
Indexed by
References
3 on the record
- github.com/redis/redis/security/advisories/GHSA-qrv7-wcrx-q5jp
x_refsource_CONFIRM
- github.com/redis/redis/commit/45eac0262028c771b6f5307372814b75f49f7a9e
x_refsource_MISC
- github.com/redis/redis/releases/tag/8.2.2
x_refsource_MISC
Elsewhere on this site
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.