Check Point Advisories

Apache SkyWalking Storage SQL Injection (CVE-2020-13921)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2020-1385
Date Published:	28 Dec 2020
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Monday 28 December, 2020
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2020-13921
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	SkyWalking
Vulnerability Description	An SQL injection vulnerability exists in Apache SkyWalking MySQL storage implementation. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of the user supplied input for wildcard alarm search query through GraphQL protocol.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Apache SkyWalking Storage SQL Injection (CVE-2020-13921) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Apache Server Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Apache SkyWalking Storage SQL Injection (CVE-2020-13921)