P2P Worm Attacking 307,000 Redis Instances on Linux and Windows Systems

While not all Redis instances are vulnerable, they should still anticipate compromise attempts from this new P2P worm variant.

Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers discovered this new cross-platform, Rust-based P2P worm that is actively targeting Redis, especially the cloud containers.

While the P2PInfect P2P worm targets the Redis instances using CVE-2022-0543 vulnerability. Unit 42 found more than 307,000 Redis systems in public communication, with 934 possibly vulnerable to this P2P worm.