CVE-2025-21605Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Redis

Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.5%
top 18.56%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedApr 23

Description

Redis is an open source, in-memory database that persists on disk. In versions starting at 2.6 and prior to 7.4.3, An unauthenticated client can cause unlimited growth of output buffers, until the server runs out of memory or is killed. By default, the Redis configuration does not limit the output buffer of normal clients (see client-output-buffer-limit). Therefore, the output buffer can grow unlimitedly over time. As a result, the service is exhausted and the memory is unavailable. When passwor

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages12 packages

NVDredis/redis2.6.06.2.18+2
debiandebian/redis< redict 7.3.5+ds-1 (forky)
Debianredis/redis< 5:6.0.16-1+deb11u6+3
CVEListV5redis/redis>= 2.6, < 7.4.3

Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
OSV
CVE-2025-21605: Redis is an open source, in-memory database that persists on disk2025-04-23

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Red Hat
redis: Redis DoS Vulnerability due to unlimited growth of output buffers abused by unauthenticated client2025-04-23
Microsoft
Redis DoS Vulnerability due to unlimited growth of output buffers abused by unauthenticated client2025-04-08
Debian
CVE-2025-21605: redict - Redis is an open source, in-memory database that persists on disk. In versions s...2025
CVE-2025-21605 — Redis vulnerability | cvebase