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CVE-2022-0543

98
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-0543 is a critical Debian-specific Lua sandbox escape vulnerability in Redis, a persistent key-value database, that can lead to remote code execution. This flaw, stemming from a packaging issue, affects various Canonical and Debian Linux distributions running Redis. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, with public exploit modules available in Metasploit and Nuclei, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, including its association with the P2PInfect worm.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redis:redis:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

10.0CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
99.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Mar 28, 2022
Metasploit: Redis Lua Sandbox Escape · Feb 18, 2022
Nuclei: CVE-2022-0543 · Apr 28, 2022
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9963 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
packetstormsecurity.com / files/166885/Redis-Lua-Sandbox-Escape.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
bugs.debian.org / 1005787
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-security-announce/2022/msg00048.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20220331-0004
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2022/dsa-5081
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
ubercomp.com / posts/2022-01-20_redis_on_debian_rce
Third Party Advisory