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TI-2020-10904 Aliases CVE-2020-13926GHSA-hx5g-8hq2-8x4w

SQL injection in Apache Kylin

Priority MEDIUM 46CWE-89Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
SQL injection
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-89.

Summary

Kylin concatenates and executes a Hive SQL in Hive CLI or beeline when building a new segment; some part of the HQL is from system configurations, while the configuration can be overwritten by certain rest api, which makes SQL injection attack is possible. Users of all previous versions after 2.0 should upgrade to 3.1.0.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0195 80th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed org.apache.kylin:kylin-server-base (Maven): 3.1.0

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—Apache KylinApache Kylin 2.0.0, 2.1.0, 2.2.0, 2.3.0, 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.4.0, 2.4.1, 2.5.0, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4, 2.6.5, 2.6.6, 3.0.0-alpha, 3.0.0-alpha2, 3.0.0-beta, 3.0.0, 3.0.1 3.0.2—No fix listedCNA
—org.apache.kylin:kylin-server-base (Maven)before 3.1.03.1.0Patch availableGHSA-hx5g-8hq2-8x4w
  • Apache Kylin Vendor— Affected Apache Kylin 2.0.0, 2.1.0, 2.2.0, 2.3.0, 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.4.0, 2.4.1, 2.5.0, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4, 2.6.5, 2.6.6, 3.0.0-alpha, 3.0.0-alpha2, 3.0.0-beta, 3.0.0, 3.0.1 3.0.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • org.apache.kylin:kylin-server-base (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 3.1.0 Fixed in 3.1.0 Patch available GHSA-hx5g-8hq2-8x4w

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:kylin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.0 to before 3.1.0VulnerableApache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:kylin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.0 to before 3.1.0 Vulnerable ·Apache

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-hx5g-8hq2-8x4w org.apache.kylin:kylin-server-base (Maven) Fixed in 3.1.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-13926
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hx5g-8hq2-8x4w

References

Advisory 2

Other 2

  • TI-2020-01880 OS command injection in Apache Kylin KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-08515 OS command injection in Apache Kylin CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-20543 Command injection in Apache Kylin CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-21192 Apache Kylin: Command injection by Useless configuration CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2020-10914 Insecure storage of sensitive information in Apache Kylin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2020-10903 OS command injection in Apache Kylin CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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