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Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-13925 · published 14 July 2020

CVE-2020-13925: Apache kylin os command injection vulnerability

Apache · Kylin

Similar to CVE-2020-1956, Kylin has one more restful API which concatenates the API inputs into OS commands and then executes them on the server; while the reported API misses necessary input validation, which causes the hackers to have the possibility to execute OS command remotely. Users of all previous versions after 2.3 should upgrade to 3.1.0.

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 20% · top 2.7% CWE-78 · OS command injection
9.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 10.0
20%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Similar to CVE-2020-1956, Kylin has one more restful API which concatenates the API inputs into OS commands and then executes them on the server; while the reported API misses necessary input validation, which causes the hackers to have the possibility to execute OS command remotely. Users of all previous versions after 2.3 should upgrade to 3.1.0.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r021baf9d8d4ae41e8c8332c167c4fa96c91b5086563d9be55d2d7acf%40%3Ccommits.kylin.apache
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r250a867961cfd6e0506240a9c7eaee782d84c6ab0091c7c4bc45f3eb%40%3Cuser.kylin.apache.or Mailing ListVendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r021baf9d8d4ae41e8c8332c167c4fa96c91b5086563d9be55d2d7acf%40%3Ccommits.kylin.apache
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r250a867961cfd6e0506240a9c7eaee782d84c6ab0091c7c4bc45f3eb%40%3Cuser.kylin.apache.or Mailing ListVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-13925), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.