CVE-2020-13926

Name: CVE-2020-13926
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2020-07-14T13:15:11.517+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

CRITICALCVSS 9.8/10EPSS 1.95%

Last modified Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-13926 is a critical-severity vulnerability rated 9.8/10 on the CVSS scale. 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.. EPSS estimates a 1.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

9.8/10

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

EPSS Probability

1.95%

77.7th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-89

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apache	Kylin	>= 2.0.0, < 3.1.0

References

Timeline

Published: Jul 14, 2020
Last Modified: Jun 17, 2026
Status: Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2020-13926?

How severe is CVE-2020-13926?

CVE-2020-13926 has a CVSS score of 9.8/10 (CRITICAL severity). The EPSS model estimates a 1.95% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-13926?

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Source: NVD / NIST