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CVE-2020-13926

SQL Injection in Kylin

9.8 CriticalFix available

CVE-2020-13926 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Apache Kylin, published July 14, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.95%, the 80th percentile. Fixed in org.apache.kylin:kylin-server-base 3.1.0.

What does this mean?
Severity
9.8 CriticalCVSS 3.1, NVD
Exploit chance
1.95%EPSS, 80th percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
3.1.0org.apache.kylin:kylin-server-base +1 more

Description

Kylin concatenates and executes a Hive SQL in Hive CLI or beeline when building a new segment; some part of the HQL is from system configurations, while the configuration can be overwritten by certain rest api, which makes SQL injection attack is possible. Users of all previous versions after 2.0 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

1.95%Up 0.1 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
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
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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

What each source reports

NVD Score used9.8

Kylin concatenates and executes a Hive SQL in Hive CLI or beeline when building a new segment; some part of the HQL is from system configurations, while the configuration can be overwritten by certain rest api, which makes SQL injection attack is possible. Users of all previous versions after 2.0 should upgrade to 3.1.0.

Record
CVE-2020-13926
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
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-89
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

Kylin concatenates and executes a Hive SQL in Hive CLI or beeline when building a new segment; some part of the HQL is from system configurations, while the configuration can be overwritten by certain rest api, which makes SQL injection attack is possible. Users of all previous versions after 2.0 should upgrade to 3.1.0.

Record
CVE-2020-13926
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-0560No score

Kylin concatenates and executes a Hive SQL in Hive CLI or beeline when building a new segment; some part of the HQL is from system configurations, while the configuration can be overwritten by certain rest api, which makes SQL injection attack is possible. Users of all previous versions after 2.0 should upgrade to 3.1.0.

Record
EUVD-2020-0560
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hx5g-8hq2-8x4w9.8

SQL Injection in Kylin

Kylin concatenates and executes a Hive SQL in Hive CLI or beeline when building a new segment; some part of the HQL is from system configurations, while the configuration can be overwritten by certain rest api, which makes SQL injection attack is possible. Users of all previous versions after 2.0 should upgrade to 3.1.0.

Record
GHSA-hx5g-8hq2-8x4w
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-89
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV9.8

Kylin concatenates and executes a Hive SQL in Hive CLI or beeline when building a new segment; some part of the HQL is from system configurations, while the configuration can be overwritten by certain rest api, which makes SQL injection attack is possible. Users of all previous versions after 2.0 should upgrade to 3.1.0.

Record
CVE-2020-13926
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-hx5g-8hq2-8x4w9.8

SQL Injection in Kylin

Kylin concatenates and executes a Hive SQL in Hive CLI or beeline when building a new segment; some part of the HQL is from system configurations, while the configuration can be overwritten by certain rest api, which makes SQL injection attack is possible. Users of all previous versions after 2.0 should upgrade to 3.1.0.

Record
GHSA-hx5g-8hq2-8x4w
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-89
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
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