Aerospike Community Edition 4.9.0.5 allows for unauthenticated submission and execution…
Priority HIGH 84CWE-78Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.86516 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 4 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:aerospike:aerospike_server:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | before 4.5.3.21; 4.6.0.1 to before 4.6.0.19; 4.7.0.1 to before 4.7.0.17; 4.8.0.1 to before 4.8.0.13; 4.9.0.1 to before 4.9.0.10; 5.0.0.1 to before 5.0.0.7 | Vulnerable | Aerospike |
- cpe:2.3:a:aerospike:aerospike_server:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* Versions before 4.5.3.21; 4.6.0.1 to before 4.6.0.19; 4.7.0.1 to before 4.7.0.17; 4.8.0.1 to before 4.8.0.13; 4.9.0.1 to before 4.9.0.10; 5.0.0.1 to before 5.0.0.7 Vulnerable ·Aerospike
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-13151
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x797-g6hx-fpf9
References
Exploit 4
- https://www.aerospike.com/docs/operations/configure/security/access-control/index.html#create-users-and-assign-roles
- https://b4ny4n.github.io/network-pentest/2020/08/01/cve-2020-13151-poc-aerospike.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160106/Aerospike-Database-5.1.0.3-Remote-Command-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160451/Aerospike-Database-UDF-Lua-Code-Execution.html
Sources
- CVE-2020-13151 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-13151 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x797-g6hx-fpf9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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