CVE-2025-49844 CRITICAL

CVE-2025-49844: Redis Lua Use-After-Free may lead to remote code execution

Vendor Redis
Product redis
Weakness CWE-416
Published October 3, 2025
Last update March 20, 2026

CVSS base score

10.0/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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 the garbage collector, trigger a use-after-free and potentially lead to remote code execution. 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 restrict EVAL and EVALSHA commands.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 3, 2025 CVE published
March 20, 2026 Record updated