Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 5, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-13151
CVE-2020-13151
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.
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Affected products
4- cpe:2.3:a:aerospike:aerospike_server:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*Range: <4.5.3.21
- Aerospike/Community Editiondescription
- Range: <4.9.0.5
- Range: <5.1.0.3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- packetstormsecurity.com/files/160106/Aerospike-Database-5.1.0.3-Remote-Command-Execution.htmlnvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/160451/Aerospike-Database-UDF-Lua-Code-Execution.htmlnvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- b4ny4n.github.io/network-pentest/2020/08/01/cve-2020-13151-poc-aerospike.htmlnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.aerospike.com/docs/operations/configure/security/access-control/index.htmlnvdExploitVendor Advisory
- www.aerospike.com/download/server/notes.htmlnvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- www.aerospike.com/enterprise/download/server/notes.htmlnvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
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