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CVE-2016-10517

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.4 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-10-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-254

Description

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).

Affected products

• Redis Labs Redis: before 3.2.7 — fixed in 3.2.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Redis Labs Redis 3.2.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101572
• https://github.com/antirez/redis/commit/874804da0c014a7d704b3d285aa500098a931f50
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/antirez/redis/3.2/00-RELEASENOTES
• https://www.reddit.com/r/redis/comments/5r8wxn/redis_327_is_out_important_security_fixes_inside/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101572
• https://github.com/antirez/redis/commit/874804da0c014a7d704b3d285aa500098a931f50
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/antirez/redis/3.2/00-RELEASENOTES
• https://www.reddit.com/r/redis/comments/5r8wxn/redis_327_is_out_important_security_fixes_inside/

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