CVE-2024-6598 Denial-of-service on KNIME Business Hub when certain jobs are executed

High 7.1 Published 9 Jul 2024 Updated 1 Aug 2024

An authenticated attacker with job execution privileges can cause a denial of service in KNIME Business Hub by exhausting internal message processing resources.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2024-6598?

CVE-2024-6598 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in KNIME Business Hub, published on 9 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A denial-of-service attack is possible through the execution functionality of KNIME Business Hub 1.10.0 and 1.10.1. It allows an authenticated attacker with job execution privileges to execute a job that causes internal messages to pile up until there are no more resources available for processing new messages. This leads to an outage of most functionality of KNIME Business Hub. Recovery from the situation is only possible by manual administrator interaction. Please contact our support for instructions in case you have run into this situation.

Updating to KNIME Business Hub 1.10.2 or later solves the problem.

Weakness: CWE-770

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6598?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Knime Business Hub.

How do I fix CVE-2024-6598?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6598 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-2024-6598 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6598 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-p36m-8r3w-rq6p.