CVE-2020-13151
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.
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Key data
EPSS
- Score
- 0.86516 (86.5% probability)
- Percentile
- 99.7%
- Scores of
- Nov 10, 2026
- Model
- v2026.06.15
References
- aerospike.com/docs/operations/configure/security/access-con…
- b4ny4n.github.io/network-pentest/2020/08/01/cve-2020-13151-…
- aerospike.com/download/server/notes.html
- aerospike.com/enterprise/download/server/notes.html
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/160106/Aerospike-Database-5.1…
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/160451/Aerospike-Database-UDF…
Timeline
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- Record published
- Record last updated
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