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CVE-2020-1956

HIGH8.8
CISA KEV

Published 2020-05-22 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source security@apache.org

Summary

CVE-2020-1956 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in Apache Kylin. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on March 25, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by April 15, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Apache has 41 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 8 of them linked to ransomware.

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Description

Apache Kylin 2.3.0, and releases up to 2.6.5 and 3.0.1 has some restful apis which will concatenate os command with the user input string, a user is likely to be able to execute any os command without any protection or validation.

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

CWE-78CWE-78

CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability

Product: Apache — Kylin

Name: Apache Kylin OS Command Injection Vulnerability

Date added: 2022-03-25 · Due: 2022-04-15

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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