CVE-2020-1956

8.8 HIGH CISA KEV - Actively Exploited
Published: May 22, 2020 Modified: October 23, 2025
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Description

Apache Kylin 2.3.0, and releases up to 2.6.5 and 3.0.1 has some restful apis which will concatenate os command with the user input string, a user is likely to be able to execute any os command without any protection or validation.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/14/1
Source: security@apache.org
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/14/1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List
https://community.sonarsource.com/t/apache-kylin-3-0-1-command-injection-vulnerability/25706
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1332ef34cf8e2c0589cf44ad269fb1fb4c06addec6297f0320f5111d%40%3Cuser.kylin.apache.org%3E
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Mitigation Vendor Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-1956
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource

17 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
8.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
93.9%
100th percentile
Exploitation Status
Actively Exploited
Remediation due: 2022-04-15

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

apache