CVE-2024-5552 ReDoS in kubeflow/kubeflow

High 7.5 Published Updated

An attacker can cause service disruption in Kubeflow's centraldashboard by triggering a Regular Expression Denial of Service via crafted email input.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-5552?

CVE-2024-5552 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in kubeflow/kubeflow, published on 6 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

kubeflow/kubeflow is vulnerable to a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attack due to inefficient regular expression complexity in its email validation mechanism. An attacker can remotely exploit this vulnerability without authentication by providing specially crafted input that causes the application to consume an excessive amount of CPU resources. This vulnerability affects the latest version of kubeflow/kubeflow, specifically within the centraldashboard-angular backend component. The impact of exploiting this vulnerability includes resource exhaustion, and service disruption.

Weakness: CWE-1333

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5552?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Kubeflow Kubeflow.

How do I fix CVE-2024-5552?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5552 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2024-5552 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5552 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-qjvx-7f9v-7wfv.

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