CVE-2020-13925

Command Injection in Kylin

9.8 CriticalPublic exploitFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

20.0%Up 12.2 points since Apr 14, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

Record: CVE-2020-13925
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 10.0 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-78
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2020-13925
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2020-0569 No score

Record: EUVD-2020-0569
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qwfw-gxx2-mmv2 9.8

Command Injection in Kylin

Record: GHSA-qwfw-gxx2-mmv2
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-78
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 9.8

Record: CVE-2020-13925
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVGHSA-qwfw-gxx2-mmv2 9.8

Command Injection in Kylin

Record: GHSA-qwfw-gxx2-mmv2
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-78
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`org.apache.kylin:kylin-server-base` Maven	before 3.1.0	3.1.0
`org.apache.kylin:kylin-server-base` Maven	before 3.1.0, plus listed versions 1.5.31.5.41.5.4.11.6.02.0.0 Show 22 moreShow less 2.1.02.2.02.3.02.3.12.3.22.4.02.4.12.5.02.5.12.5.22.6.02.6.12.6.22.6.32.6.42.6.52.6.63.0.03.0.0-alpha3.0.0-alpha23.0.13.0.2	3.1.0

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
PoC in GitHub	bit4woo/CVE-2020-13925	2020-07-20

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases, products	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2020-13925 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Apache Kylin, published July 14, 2020. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 20.0%, the 97th percentile. Fixed in org.apache.kylin:kylin-server-base 3.1.0.