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CVE-2016-10517· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

networking.c in Redis before 3.2.7 allows "Cross Protocol Scripting" because it lacks a check for POST and Host: strings, which are not vali

networking.c in Redis before 3.2.7 allows "Cross Protocol Scripting" because it lacks a check for POST and Host: strings, which are not valid in the Redis protocol (but commonly occur when an attack triggers an HTTP request to the Redis TCP port).

HighCVSS 7.4 · v3.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Oct 24, 2017
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
2.1% · 81th percentile
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Action score

30

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
29 / 40 · 7.4 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.1%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
redislabsredis

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Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • redislabs redisbefore 3.2.7

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12redisbefore 3:3.2.7-13:3.2.7-1
Debian:7redisbefore 2:2.4.14-1+deb7u22:2.4.14-1+deb7u2
openSUSE:Tumbleweedredisbefore 6.2.5-1.26.2.5-1.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP2redisbefore 6.0.8-1.3.16.0.8-1.3.1
SUSE:Package Hub 12redisbefore 4.0.2-9.14.0.2-9.1

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2018-11218Memory Corruption was discovered in the cmsgpack library in the Lua subsystem in Redis before 3.2.12, 4.x before 4.0.10, and 5.x before 5.0
    57Plan
  • CVE-2016-8339A buffer overflow in Redis 3.2.x prior to 3.2.4 causes arbitrary code execution when a crafted command is sent.
    43Plan
  • CVE-2015-4335Redis before 2.8.21 and 3.x before 3.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Lua bytecode via the eval command.
    43Plan
  • CVE-2018-11219An Integer Overflow issue was discovered in the struct library in the Lua subsystem in Redis before 3.2.12, 4.x before 4.0.10, and 5.x befor
    41Plan
  • CVE-2017-15047The clusterLoadConfig function in cluster.c in Redis 4.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array index and appl
    40Plan
  • CVE-2021-32761Integer overflow issues with *BIT commands on 32-bit systems
    39Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:redis3:3.2.7-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:redis6.2.5-1.2 · openSUSE:TumbleweedPackage registry (OSV)
suse:redis6.0.8-1.3.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP2Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none

Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd-primary

Attack context

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