CVE-2025-2402 Hard-coded password for object store of KNIME Business Hub

High 8.8 Published 31 Mar 2025 Updated 31 Mar 2025

An unauthenticated remote attacker can use a hard-coded password to read, modify, or disrupt data in the KNIME Business Hub object store.

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-2025-2402?

CVE-2025-2402 is a high-severity vulnerability in KNIME Business Hub, published on 31 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A hard-coded, non-random password for the object store (minio) of KNIME Business Hub in all versions except the ones listed below allows an unauthenticated remote attacker in possession of the password to read and manipulate swapped jobs or read and manipulate in- and output data of active jobs. It is also possible to cause a denial-of-service of most functionality of KNIME Business Hub by writing large amounts of data to the object store directly.

There are no viable workarounds therefore we strongly recommend to update to one of the following versions of KNIME Business Hub:

* 1.13.2 or later

* 1.12.3 or later

* 1.11.3 or later

* 1.10.3 or later

Weakness: CWE-259

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-2402?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Knime Business Hub.

How do I fix CVE-2025-2402?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-2402 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-2402 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-2402 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-v5p7-3387-gpmg.