CVE-2020-13151

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekWeaponized
9.8
EchelonGraph verdictPatch this weekExploitation is likely or a public exploit exists.
  • High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 87%
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 87%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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 v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(medium)
EG Risk
83(Track*)
EG Risk 83/100SSVC: Track*

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation87% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Watch closely — could escalate to Attend.
EPSS
99.7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 5, 2020

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated May 27, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Planning | Aerospike Documentation

https://www.aerospike.com/docs/operations/configure/security/access-control/index.html#create-users-and-assign-roles
generic

CVE-2020-13151 POC: Aerospike Server Host Command Execution | -pentest notes-

https://b4ny4n.github.io/network-pentest/2020/08/01/cve-2020-13151-poc-aerospike.html
generic

Packet Storm

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160451/Aerospike-Database-UDF-Lua-Code-Execution.html
generic

Aerospike Database release notes | Aerospike Documentation

https://www.aerospike.com/enterprise/download/server/notes.html#5.1.0.3

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 20× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-23 14:15 UTCEPSS rescore
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  25. 2026-05-27 00:34 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-05-27 00:34 UTCGHSA enrichment

Publicly available exploits

(3 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module) (1 GitHub PoC) (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • Exploit-DBEDB-49067
    First seen Nov 17, 2020

    Aerospike Database 5.1.0.3 - OS Command Execution

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCb4ny4n/CVE-2020-13151
    First seen Aug 1, 2020

    POC for CVE-2020-13151

    Open source ↗
  • Metasploitexploit/linux/misc/aerospike_database_udf_cmd_exec✓ verified
    First seen Jul 31, 2020

    Aerospike Database UDF Lua Code Execution

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2020-13151?
CVE-2020-13151 is a critical vulnerability published on August 5, 2020. 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…
When was CVE-2020-13151 disclosed?
CVE-2020-13151 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 5, 2020, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2020-13151 actively exploited?
CVE-2020-13151 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 99.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-13151?
CVE-2020-13151 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2020-13151?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2020-13151, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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