CRITICAL
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
Published Aug 5, 2020
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.1
EPSS 86.75%
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- < 4.5.3.21
- ≥ 4.6.0.1 · < 4.6.0.19
- ≥ 4.7.0.1 · < 4.7.0.17
- ≥ 4.8.0.1 · < 4.8.0.13
- ≥ 4.9.0.1 · < 4.9.0.10
- ≥ 5.0.0.1 · < 5.0.0.7
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
9.8 CRITICAL NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
86.75% 0.86749
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.86749
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (33 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 86.75% (0.86749) | 99.74th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 86.75% (0.86749) | 99.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 21, 2025 | 90.79% (0.90790) | 99.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 18, 2025 | 81.82% (0.81819) | 99.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 90.29% (0.90287) | 99.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 1, 2025 | 94.32% (0.94320) | 99.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 96.35% (0.96347) | 99.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 84.92% (0.84920) | 98.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 12, 2024 | 85.26% (0.85258) | 98.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 9, 2024 | 84.50% (0.84498) | 98.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 25, 2024 | 82.14% (0.82136) | 98.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 22, 2024 | 81.99% (0.81991) | 98.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 4, 2024 | 82.12% (0.82124) | 98.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 2, 2024 | 73.75% (0.73748) | 98.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 13, 2024 | 70.77% (0.70766) | 97.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 24, 2023 | 67.62% (0.67624) | 97.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 9, 2023 | 71.27% (0.71272) | 97.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 22, 2023 | 74.41% (0.74413) | 97.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 23, 2023 | 72.44% (0.72444) | 97.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 22, 2023 | 71.25% (0.71254) | 97.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 23, 2023 | 73.52% (0.73523) | 97.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 9, 2023 | 71.84% (0.71838) | 97.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 25, 2023 | 73.32% (0.73317) | 97.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 74.88% (0.74879) | 97.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 21, 2023 | 75.17% (0.75175) | 97.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 26, 2023 | 74.90% (0.74897) | 97.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 12, 2023 | 74.01% (0.74012) | 97.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 70.42% (0.70422) | 97.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 92.21% (0.92212) | 99.90th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 92.21% (0.92212) | 99.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 46.29% (0.46290) | 98.89th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 46.29% (0.46290) | 99.52th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 46.29% (0.46290) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (1)
References (6)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160106/Aerospike-Database-5.1.0.3-Remote-Command-Execution.html x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160451/Aerospike-Database-UDF-Lua-Code-Execution.html x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://b4ny4n.github.io/network-pentest/2020/08/01/cve-2020-13151-poc-aerospike.html x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://www.aerospike.com/docs/operations/configure/security/access-control/index.html#create-users-and-assign-roles x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
- https://www.aerospike.com/download/server/notes.html#5.1.0.3 x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- https://www.aerospike.com/enterprise/download/server/notes.html#5.1.0.3 x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160106/Aerospike-Database-5.1.0.3-Remote-Command-Execution.html | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160451/Aerospike-Database-UDF-Lua-Code-Execution.html | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://b4ny4n.github.io/network-pentest/2020/08/01/cve-2020-13151-poc-aerospike.html | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.aerospike.com/docs/operations/configure/security/access-control/index.html#create-users-and-assign-roles | x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.aerospike.com/download/server/notes.html#5.1.0.3 | x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.aerospike.com/enterprise/download/server/notes.html#5.1.0.3 | x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 5, 2020
Updated Aug 4, 2024
Reserved May 18, 2020
Link CVE-2020-13151
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a