Vulnerability · Published Mar 20, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2025-29923go-redis allows potential out of order responses when `CLIENT SETINFO` times out during connection establishment
Low 3.7
In plain English
A low-severity improper input validation in go-redis from redis. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 55% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
go-redis is the official Redis client library for the Go programming language. Prior to 9.5.5, 9.6.3, and 9.7.2, go-redis potentially responds out of order when `CLIENT SETINFO` times out during connection establishment. This can happen when the client is configured to transmit its identity, there are network connectivity issues, or the client was configured with aggressive timeouts. The problem occurs for multiple use cases. For sticky connections, you receive persistent out-of-order responses for the lifetime of the connection. All commands in the pipeline receive incorrect responses. When used with the default ConnPool once a connection is returned after use with ConnPool#Put the read buffer will be checked and the connection will be marked as bad due to the unread data. This means that at most one out-of-order response before the connection is discarded. This issue is fixed in 9.5.5, 9.6.3, and 9.7.2; however, 9.7.2 has been yanked and 9.7.3 is the lowest available patched version on the 9.7.x branch. As a workaround, set the flag `DisableIndentity` to `true` when constructing the client instance.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/redis/go-redis | no fix listed | GO-2025-3540 |
| Go | github.com/redis/go-redis | no fix listed | GO-2025-3540 |
| Go | github.com/redis/go-redis | no fix listed | GO-2025-3540 |
| Go | github.com/redis/go-redis/v7 | no fix listed | GO-2025-3540 |
| Go | github.com/redis/go-redis/v8 | no fix listed | GO-2025-3540 |
| Go | github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 | 9.5.5 | GHSA-92cp-5422-2mw7 |
| Go | github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 | 9.7.3 | GHSA-92cp-5422-2mw7 |
| Go | github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 | 9.5.5 | GO-2025-3540 |
| Go | github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 | 9.6.3 | GO-2025-3540 |
| Go | github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 | 9.7.3 | GO-2025-3540 |
| Go | github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 | 9.6.3 | GHSA-92cp-5422-2mw7 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | golang-github-go-redis-redis | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-29923 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | golang-github-go-redis-redis | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-29923 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | golang-github-go-redis-redis | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-29923 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | golang-github-go-redis-redis | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-29923 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | golang-github-go-redis-redis | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-29923 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://github.com/redis/go-redis/security/advisories/GHSA-92cp-5422-2mw7 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/redis/go-redis/pull/3295 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/redis/go-redis/commit/d236865b0cfa1b752ea4b7da666b1fdcd0acebb6 x_refsource_MISC