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CVE-2020-13151

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2020-08-05
  • Fixed in5.0.0.7 · 4.9.0.10 · 4.8.0.13 · 4.7.0.17 · 4.6.0.19 · 4.5.3.21
  • WeaknessCWE-78

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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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2020-08-0513:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2020-11-17Exploit-DB entryExploit-DB

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-04 03:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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Versions per branch

NVD
Aerospike aerospike server
BranchAffectedFixed in
5.0≥ 5.0.0.1, < 5.0.0.75.0.0.7
4.9≥ 4.9.0.1, < 4.9.0.104.9.0.10
4.8≥ 4.8.0.1, < 4.8.0.134.8.0.13
4.7≥ 4.7.0.1, < 4.7.0.174.7.0.17
4.6≥ 4.6.0.1, < 4.6.0.194.6.0.19
4.5< 4.5.3.214.5.3.21

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

  1. Update Aerospike aerospike server to 5.0.0.7 · 4.9.0.10 · 4.8.0.13 · 4.7.0.17 · 4.6.0.19 · 4.5.3.21

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-03 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
EDB-49067
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
2 repositories, unverifiedb4ny4n/CVE-2020-13151ByteMe1001/CVE-2020-13151-POC-Aerospike-Server-Host-Command-Execution-RCE-
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
1 moduleexploit/linux/misc/aerospike_database_udf_cmd_execrank: greatModule metadata: Metasploit Framework, © Rapid7, Inc., BSD-3-Clause.
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2020-08-05
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is 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.

Is CVE-2020-13151 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2020-13151 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 86.7% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-13151?

CVE-2020-13151 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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