CVE-2021-29469
This issue could lead to a denial of service.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.63%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Node-redis is a Node.js Redis client. Before version 3.1.1, when a client is in monitoring mode, the regex begin used to detected monitor messages could cause exponential backtracking on some strings. This issue could lead to a denial of service. The issue is patched in version 3.1.1.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.63% probability · 76th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Affected
- redis.js/redis
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
EPSS 1.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/NodeRedis/node-redis/commit/2d11b6dc9b9774464a91fb4b448bad8bf699629ePatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/NodeRedis/node-redis/releases/tag/v3.1.1Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/NodeRedis/node-redis/security/advisories/GHSA-35q2-47q7-3pc3Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210611-0010/Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/NodeRedis/node-redis/commit/2d11b6dc9b9774464a91fb4b448bad8bf699629ePatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/NodeRedis/node-redis/releases/tag/v3.1.1Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/NodeRedis/node-redis/security/advisories/GHSA-35q2-47q7-3pc3Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210611-0010/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.