# CVE-2021-31294: Redis before 6cbea7d allows a replica to cause an assertion failure in a primary server by sending a non-administrative command (specificall

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-07-15 · Updated: 2024-10-30

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Redis before 6cbea7d allows a replica to cause an assertion failure in a primary server by sending a non-administrative command (specifically, a SET command). NOTE: this was fixed for Redis 6.2.x and 7.x in 2021. Versions before 6.2 were not intended to have safety guarantees related to this.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/redis/redis/issues/8712
- https://github.com/redis/redis/commit/6cbea7d29b5285692843bc1c351abba1a7ef326f
- https://github.com/redis/redis/commit/46f4ebbe842620f0976a36741a72482620aa4b48
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230814-0007/

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