High severity · published May 22, 2020
CVE-2020-1956
Apache Kylin OS Command Injection Vulnerability
In wildKEV
8.8
CVSS
97.4%
EPSS
Yes
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)97.4% · higher than 100% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildYes
CISA KEVListed Mar 25, 2022
Federal remediation dueApr 15, 2022
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KY
Kylin · Apache
2.3.0; <=2.6.5; <=3.0.1 · source: vendor, NVD, KEV
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1956
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-1956
CISA KEV catalogue
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
x_refsource_MISC
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1332ef34cf8e2c0589cf44ad269fb1fb4c06addec6297f0320f5111d%40%3Cuser.kylin.apache.org%3E
x_refsource_MISC
https://community.sonarsource.com/t/apache-kylin-3-0-1-command-injection-vulnerability/25706
mailing-list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r250a867961cfd6e0506240a9c7eaee782d84c6ab0091c7c4bc45f3eb%40%3Cuser.kylin.apache.org%3E
mailing-list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r250a867961cfd6e0506240a9c7eaee782d84c6ab0091c7c4bc45f3eb%40%3Cdev.kylin.apache.org%3E
mailing-list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r61666760d8a4e8764b2d5fe158d8a48b569414480fbfadede574cdc0%40%3Ccommits.kylin.apache.org%3E
mailing-list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r250a867961cfd6e0506240a9c7eaee782d84c6ab0091c7c4bc45f3eb%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
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