RCE in Aerospike Server
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. 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.
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.867 (99.7th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.867 · newest: 0.867 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.aerospike.com/docs/operations/configure/security/access-control/index.html (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- b4ny4n.github.io/network-pentest/2020/08/01/cve-2020-13151-poc-aerospike.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- www.aerospike.com/download/server/notes.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- www.aerospike.com/enterprise/download/server/notes.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/160106/Aerospike-Database-5.1.0.3-Remote-Command-… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/160451/Aerospike-Database-UDF-Lua-Code-Execution… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-13151?
- CVE-2020-13151 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Aerospike Server, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-08-05.
- How severe is CVE-2020-13151?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-13151 known to be exploited?
- 19 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.