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CVE-2020-13151

89
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-13151 is a critical vulnerability affecting Aerospike Community Edition 4.9.0.5, allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands on all cluster nodes through crafted Lua user-defined functions (UDFs). This flaw, despite attempts to restrict os.execute() calls, enables remote code execution at the privilege level of the Aerospike service. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA KEV, exploit modules exist in Metasploit and ExploitDB, indicating readily available exploit code and significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.5.3.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aerospike:aerospike_server:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
>= 4.6.0.1, < 4.6.0.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aerospike:aerospike_server:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
>= 4.7.0.1, < 4.7.0.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aerospike:aerospike_server:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
>= 4.8.0.1, < 4.8.0.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aerospike:aerospike_server:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
>= 4.9.0.1, < 4.9.0.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aerospike:aerospike_server:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
86.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Aerospike Database UDF Lua Code Execution · Jul 31, 2020
ExploitDB: EDB-49067 · Nov 17, 2020
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8675 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/160106/Aerospike-Database-5.1.0.3-Remote-Command-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/160451/Aerospike-Database-UDF-Lua-Code-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
b4ny4n.github.io / network-pentest/2020/08/01/cve-2020-13151-poc-aerospike.html
ExploitThird Party Advisory
aerospike.com / docs/operations/configure/security/access-control/index.html
ExploitVendor Advisory
aerospike.com / download/server/notes.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
aerospike.com / enterprise/download/server/notes.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory