CVE-2020-1956

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-25. Federal remediation due 2022-04-15.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

97.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2020-05-22 13:27Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:35Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2019-12-02

Assigning CNA

apache

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e24e65fc43876f07124ab21191ea67b4dfa14f4c256d19bc0dec4e3e6a85c419

• lists.apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1332ef34cf8e2c0589cf44ad269fb1fb4c06addec6297f0320f5111d%40%3Cuser.kylin.apache.org%3Ex_refsource_MISC
• community.sonarsource.comhttps://community.sonarsource.com/t/apache-kylin-3-0-1-command-injection-vulnerability/25706x_refsource_MISC
• lists.apache.org[kylin-user] 20200713 [SECURITY][CVE-2020-13925] Apache Kylin command injection vulnerabilityhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r250a867961cfd6e0506240a9c7eaee782d84c6ab0091c7c4bc45f3eb%40%3Cuser.kylin.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[kylin-dev] 20200713 [SECURITY][CVE-2020-13925] Apache Kylin command injection vulnerabilityhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r250a867961cfd6e0506240a9c7eaee782d84c6ab0091c7c4bc45f3eb%40%3Cdev.kylin.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[kylin-commits] 20200713 svn commit: r1879845 - in /kylin/site: docs/security.html feed.xmlhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r61666760d8a4e8764b2d5fe158d8a48b569414480fbfadede574cdc0%40%3Ccommits.kylin.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[announce] 20200713 [SECURITY][CVE-2020-13925] Apache Kylin command injection vulnerabilityhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r250a867961cfd6e0506240a9c7eaee782d84c6ab0091c7c4bc45f3eb%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20200714 [SECURITY][CVE-2020-13925] Apache Kylin command injection vulnerabilityhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/14/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[kylin-commits] 20200715 svn commit: r1879879 - in /kylin/site: docs/security.html feed.xmlhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r021baf9d8d4ae41e8c8332c167c4fa96c91b5086563d9be55d2d7acf%40%3Ccommits.kylin.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-1956government-resource