CVE-2024-31228: Denial-of-service due to unbounded pattern matching in Redis
First published: Mon Oct 07 2024(Updated: )
Last updated 10 March 2025
Credit: security-advisories@github.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| ioredis | <6.2.16<7.2.6<7.4.1 | |
| debian/redict | 7.3.2+ds-1 | |
| debian/redis | <=5:6.0.16-1+deb11u2 | 5:6.0.16-1+deb11u5 5:7.0.15-1~deb12u3 5:7.0.15-3 |
| debian/valkey | 8.0.2+dfsg1-1 |
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Reference Links
- https://github.com/redis/redis/commit/9317bf64659b33166a943ec03d5d9b954e86afb0
- https://github.com/redis/redis/security/advisories/GHSA-66gq-c942-6976
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10869
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0595
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0693
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2317058
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-31228
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-31228
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2024-31228
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-31228
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-31228
- https://github.com/redis/redis/commit/c8649f8e852d1dc388b5446e003bb0eefa33d61f
- https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/pull/1114
- https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/commit/4fbab5740bfef66918d6c2950dd2b3b4e07815a2
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the severity of CVE-2024-31228?
CVE-2024-31228 is classified as a denial-of-service vulnerability.
How do I fix CVE-2024-31228?
To mitigate CVE-2024-31228, upgrade Redis to a version later than 6.2.16, 7.2.6, or 7.4.1.
Who is affected by CVE-2024-31228?
CVE-2024-31228 affects Redis versions prior to 6.2.16, 7.2.6, and 7.4.1.
What commands are impacted by CVE-2024-31228?
Commands such as KEYS, SCAN, PSUBSCRIBE, FUNCTION LIST, COMMAND LIST, and ACL definition are impacted by CVE-2024-31228.
How can users exploit CVE-2024-31228?
Authenticated users can exploit CVE-2024-31228 by sending specially crafted, long string match patterns to trigger a denial-of-service.
- agent/title
- agent/weakness
- agent/type
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/author
- collector/nvd-api
- source/NVD
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- agent/severity
- agent/trending
- collector/redhat-bugzilla
- source/Red Hat
- alias/CVE-2024-31228
- agent/last-modified-date
- collector/usn-cve
- source/Ubuntu
- agent/references
- agent/source
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/guess-ai
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- agent/tags
- agent/softwarecombine
- collector/nvd-cve
- collector/security-tracker-debian
- source/Debian
- vendor/redis
- canonical/ioredis
- package-manager/debian