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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is in the KEV database since March 25, 2022.

The EPSS score is 0.93884.

Exploitation active

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Apache Kylin affected
Version Status Constraints
2.3.0 affected
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<=2.6.5 affected
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<=3.0.1 affected
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Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:a:apache:kylin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:kylin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:kylin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:kylin:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:kylin:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:kylin:3.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:kylin:3.0.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:kylin:3.0.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:kylin:3.0.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:kylin:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-gprm-xqrc-c2j3 Command Injection in Kylin
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/14/1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://community.sonarsource.com/t/apache-kylin-3-0-1-command-injection-vulnerability/25706 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r021baf9d8d4ae41e8c8332c167c4fa96c91b5086563d9be55d2d7acf%40%3Ccommits.kylin.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1332ef34cf8e2c0589cf44ad269fb1fb4c06addec6297f0320f5111d%40%3Cuser.kylin.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r250a867961cfd6e0506240a9c7eaee782d84c6ab0091c7c4bc45f3eb%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r250a867961cfd6e0506240a9c7eaee782d84c6ab0091c7c4bc45f3eb%40%3Cdev.kylin.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r250a867961cfd6e0506240a9c7eaee782d84c6ab0091c7c4bc45f3eb%40%3Cuser.kylin.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r61666760d8a4e8764b2d5fe158d8a48b569414480fbfadede574cdc0%40%3Ccommits.kylin.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-1956 cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Metrics kev

{'dateAdded': '2022-03-25'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-21T23:35:43.316Z

Reserved: 2019-12-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-1956

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T06:54:00.299Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2020-05-22T14:15:11.840

Modified: 2025-10-23T14:48:35.523

Link: CVE-2020-1956

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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