CVE-2020-13151
Aerospike Community Edition 4.9.0.5 allows for unauthenticated submission and execution of user-defined functions (UDFs), written in Lua, as part of a database query.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 86.7%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Aerospike Community Edition 4.9.0.5 allows for unauthenticated submission and execution of user-defined functions (UDFs), written in Lua, as part of a database query. It attempts to restrict code execution by disabling os.execute() calls, but this is insufficient. Anyone with network access can use a crafted UDF to execute arbitrary OS commands on all nodes of the cluster at the permission level of the user running the Aerospike service.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 86.75% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 17 November 2020
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- aerospike/aerospike server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 86.7% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160106/Aerospike-Database-5.1.0.3-Remote-Command-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160451/Aerospike-Database-UDF-Lua-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://b4ny4n.github.io/network-pentest/2020/08/01/cve-2020-13151-poc-aerospike.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.aerospike.com/docs/operations/configure/security/access-control/index.html#create-users-and-assign-rolesExploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.aerospike.com/download/server/notes.html#5.1.0.3Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.aerospike.com/enterprise/download/server/notes.html#5.1.0.3Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160106/Aerospike-Database-5.1.0.3-Remote-Command-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160451/Aerospike-Database-UDF-Lua-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://b4ny4n.github.io/network-pentest/2020/08/01/cve-2020-13151-poc-aerospike.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.aerospike.com/docs/operations/configure/security/access-control/index.html#create-users-and-assign-rolesExploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.aerospike.com/download/server/notes.html#5.1.0.3Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.aerospike.com/enterprise/download/server/notes.html#5.1.0.3Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.