CVE-2018-12326

Exp

Buffer overflow in redis-cli of Redis before 4.0.10 and 5.x before 5.0 RC3 allows an attacker to achieve code execution and escalate to higher privileges via a crafted command line. NOTE: It is unclear whether there are any common situations in which redis-cli is used with, for example, a -h (aka hostname) argument from an untrusted source.

Published: 2018-06-17 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2018-12326 is rated High Exploit Risk (87.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 41.83%, 97th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +6.44% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2018-12326

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
44904 exploit_db edb 2018-06-18 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-12326

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-13 35.39% 41.83% +6.44%
2 2026-05-07 32.31% 35.39% +3.08%
3 2026-05-05 — 32.31% —

Full EPSS history (36 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-12326

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.4 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.5 5.9 [email protected]
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-12326

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-12326

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2018-12326 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (redis), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-12326
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12326
ubuntu medium CVE-2018-12326 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (redis), 6 status rows across 6 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 4, ignored 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12326

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-12326

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redislabs redis < 4.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:redislabs:redis:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redislabs redis 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:redislabs:redis:5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
redislabs redis 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:redislabs:redis:5.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-12326

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