Oh, *Now* They Care About Security: Redis is Screwed (Again)
Right, so listen up, you lot. Apparently, the geniuses over at Redis have discovered a critical vulnerability – a command injection flaw in their Lua scripting engine. Yeah, that’s right. A command injection. In 2024. I swear, some of these projects just *ask* to be hacked.
This isn’t some theoretical bullshit either; it affects thousands of instances – they actually bothered to count this time. If you’re running Redis with Lua scripting enabled and haven’t patched? You’re basically offering a free shell to anyone who bothers looking. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the server, meaning complete compromise. Fantastic.
They claim it’s been fixed in versions 7.2.4 and newer, so update. *Now*. And if you’re still running an ancient version of Redis… well, honestly, I have no sympathy. You deserve whatever comes your way. Seriously, get your act together.
The vulnerability is rated critical (CVSS score of 9.8), which should be a clue that this isn’t something to ignore. They’re blaming some dodgy handling of arguments passed to Lua functions. Shocking, I tell you. Absolutely shocking.
Don’t come crying to me when your database is leaking all over the internet because you couldn’t be bothered to apply a patch. I’m busy dealing with *actual* problems.
Related Anecdote: I once had to clean up a mess caused by someone leaving Redis open to the internet with no password. No *password*. They were running a hamster wheel powering their crypto mining operation and thought Redis was just “extra storage.” I spent three days removing malware and explaining why exposing your data is a bad idea. Three days I’ll never get back. Don’t be that guy.
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