CVE-2023-28856

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    CVE-2023-28856

    Published: 18 Apr 2023Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary: `HINCRBYFLOAT` can be used to crash a redis-server process

    Details: Redis is an open source, in-memory database that persists on disk. Authenticated users can use the `HINCRBYFLOAT` command to create an invalid hash field that will crash Redis on access in affected versions. This issue has been addressed in in versions 7.0.11, 6.2.12, and 6.0.19. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00023.html, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EQ4DJSO4DMR55AWK6OPVJH5UTEB35R2Z/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LPUTH7NBQTZDVJWFNUD24ZCS6NDUFYS6/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/OQGKMKSQE67L32HE6W5EI2I2YKW5VWHI/, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/28xxx/CVE-2023-28856.json, https://github.com/redis/redis/security/advisories/GHSA-hjv8-vjf6-wcr6, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28856, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230601-0007/, https://github.com/redis/redis/commit/bc7fe41e5857a0854d524e2a63a028e9394d2a5c, https://github.com/redis/redis/pull/11149

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -87e3c4fb12ac32242117fa13a4cd8dc52a9b9b93

    Affected versions

    6.0.18
    6.0.17
    6.0.16
    6.0.15
    6.0.14
    6.0.13
    6.0.12
    6.0.11
    6.0.10
    6.0.9
    6.0.8
    6.0.7
    6.0.6
    6.0.5
    6.0.4
    6.0.3
    6.0.2
    6.0.1
    6.0.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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