Description
Aerospike Community Edition 4.9.0.5 allows for unauthenticated submission and execution of user-defined functions (UDFs), written in Lua, as part of a database query. It attempts to restrict code execution by disabling os.execute() calls, but this is insufficient. Anyone with network access can use a crafted UDF to execute arbitrary OS commands on all nodes of the cluster at the permission level of the user running the Aerospike service.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Metasploit 1 module
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Aerospike Database UDF Lua Code Execution
exploit/linux/misc/aerospike_database_udf_cmd_exec
Exploit-DB 1
- Aerospike Database 5.1.0.3 - OS Command Execution EDB-49067 · remote · Nov 17, 2020
GitHub 2 repositories
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b4ny4n/CVE-2020-13151 ★ 43 · Aug 1, 2020
POC for CVE-2020-13151
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- https://www.aerospike.com/docs/operations/configure/security/access-control/index.html#create-users-and-assign-roles
- https://b4ny4n.github.io/network-pentest/2020/08/01/cve-2020-13151-poc-aerospike.html
- https://www.aerospike.com/download/server/notes.html#5.1.0.3
- https://www.aerospike.com/enterprise/download/server/notes.html#5.1.0.3
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160106/Aerospike-Database-5.1.0.3-Remote-Command-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160451/Aerospike-Database-UDF-Lua-Code-Execution.html