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CVE-2020-13151 in the critical feed json

Aerospike Community Edition 4.9.0.5 allows for unauthenticated submission and execution of user-defined functions (UDFs), written in Lua, a…

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-5427

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
86.5%
EPSS 86.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.7%
public exploits
2
Metasploit and Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • aerospike aerospike_server 4.5.3.21, 4.6.0.19, 4.7.0.17, 4.8.0.13, 4.9.0.10, 5.0.0.7

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/linux/misc/aerospike_database_udf_cmd_exec)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

86.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/linux/misc/aerospike_database_udf_cmd_exec Aerospike Database UDF Lua Code Execution metasploit exploit, great rank, 2020-07-31
  • EDB-49067 Aerospike Database 5.1.0.3 - OS Command Execution remote, 2020-11-17
  • aerospike.com https://www.aerospike.com/docs/operations/configure/security/access-control/index.html#create-users-and-assign-roles referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • b4ny4n.github.io https://b4ny4n.github.io/network-pentest/2020/08/01/cve-2020-13151-poc-aerospike.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160106/Aerospike-Database-5.1.0.3-Remote-Command-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160451/Aerospike-Database-UDF-Lua-Code-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

Sources

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