CVE-2018-11218

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2022-05-13. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Weaponized
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPatch this weekExploitation is likely or a public exploit exists.
  • High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 59%
  • Public exploit code is available (Metasploit, epss top5pct, epss high, public exploit)
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 59%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: Metasploit · epss top5pct · epss high · public exploitExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

Memory Corruption was discovered in the cmsgpack library in the Lua subsystem in Redis before 3.2.12, 4.x before 4.0.10, and 5.x before 5.0 RC2 because of stack-based buffer overflows.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(medium)
EG Risk
75(Track*)
EG Risk 75/100SSVC: Track*

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation65% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Watch closely — could escalate to Attend.
EPSS PROB
59%
EPSS %ILE
99%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 17, 2018

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

Advisory Details (7)

Auto-updated Sep 4, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat, github_commit.
github_commit

commit 5ccb6f7a791b (antirez/redis)

Fix landed in antirez/redis commit 5ccb6f7a791b — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/antirez/redis/commit/5ccb6f7a791bf3490357b00a898885759d98bab0
github_commit

commit 52a00201fca3 (antirez/redis)

Fix landed in antirez/redis commit 52a00201fca3 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/antirez/redis/commit/52a00201fca331217c3b4b8b634f6a0f57d6b7d3
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1860
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0094
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0052
generic

CVE-2018-11218 - PSIRT.COM

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104553
generic

Redis Lua scripting: several security vulnerabilities fixed - <antirez>

http://antirez.com/news/119

Patch Availability(3)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatrh-redis32-redis-0:3.2.13-1.el72019-07-25redhat
redhatredis-0:3.0.6-4.el7ost2019-01-16redhat
redhatredis-0:3.2.8-3.el7ost2019-01-16redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(9 across 9 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.5(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
redis—3.2.12-r0—
Alpine:v3.6(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
redis—3.2.12-r0—
Alpine:v3.7(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
redis—4.0.10-r0—
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
redis—5:4.0.10-1—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
redis—5:4.0.10-1—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
redis—5:4.0.10-1—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
redis—5:4.0.10-1—
Debian:8(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
redis2:2.8.17-1 ... 2:2.8.17-1+deb8u5 (6 versions)2:2.8.17-1+deb8u6—
Debian:9(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
redis3:3.2.6-1, 3:3.2.6-2, 3:3.2.6-33:3.2.6-3+deb9u1—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(3)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 6× in last 7d / 24× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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  1. 2026-08-06 19:05 UTCOSV refresh
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  69. 2026-05-28 06:33 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-05-28 06:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • Metasploitexploit/linux/redis/redis_replication_cmd_exec✓ verified
    First seen Nov 13, 2018

    Redis Replication Code Execution

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2018-11218?
CVE-2018-11218 is a critical vulnerability published on June 17, 2018. Memory Corruption was discovered in the cmsgpack library in the Lua subsystem in Redis before 3.2.12, 4.x before 4.0.10, and 5.x before 5.0 RC2 because of stack-based buffer overflows.
When was CVE-2018-11218 disclosed?
CVE-2018-11218 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 17, 2018, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2018-11218 actively exploited?
CVE-2018-11218 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 59% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 1.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-11218?
CVE-2018-11218 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2018-11218?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2018-11218, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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