Arbitrary file overwrite via workflow archive traversal
Published Nov 24, 2022 · Updated Apr 25, 2025
Path traversal in KNIME Server 4.3.0 and later affected releases allows remote authenticated users to overwrite files via workflow upload. The ZIP extraction routines accept traversal paths in workflow entries and write them outside the intended extraction directory. Exploitation requires upload permission and knowledge of target paths; writes are limited to locations writable by the server process and can corrupt files or enable code execution when replaced executables later run.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in KNIME Server 4.3.0 and later affected releases allows remote authenticated users to overwrite files via workflow upload. The ZIP extraction routines accept traversal paths in workflow entries and write them outside the intended extraction directory. Exploitation requires upload permission and knowledge of target paths; writes are limited to locations writable by the server process and can corrupt files or enable code execution when replaced executables later run.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-44748
- Published
- Nov 24, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 25, 2025
- Vendor
- KNIME
- Product
- KNIME Server
- Classifications
- CWE-22, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 24, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 25, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=4.14.0 <4.14.3
- Affected versionversion=4.15.0 <4.15.3
- Affected versionversion=4.3.0 <4.13.6
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