CVE-2024-6598Network attack vector

Service outage via unbounded internal message accumulation

Published Jul 9, 2024 · Updated Aug 1, 2024

Resource exhaustion in KNIME Business Hub 1.10.0 and 1.10.1 allows remote authenticated users to interrupt most Hub functionality. The execution path accepts a crafted job that makes internal messages accumulate until processing resources are exhausted. Job execution privileges are required, and recovery from the resulting outage requires manual administrator intervention.

CVSS severity7.1
High
EPSS probability0.54%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Resource exhaustion in KNIME Business Hub 1.10.0 and 1.10.1 allows remote authenticated users to interrupt most Hub functionality. The execution path accepts a crafted job that makes internal messages accumulate until processing resources are exhausted. Job execution privileges are required, and recovery from the resulting outage requires manual administrator intervention.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-6598
Published
Jul 9, 2024
Updated
Aug 1, 2024
Vendor
KNIME
Product
KNIME Business Hub
Classifications
CWE-770, T1499.003
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jul 9, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 1, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=1.10.0 <1.10.2

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

KNIME · KNIME Business Hubversion=1.10.0 <1.10.2

Published CVSS scores

7.1KNIME AGCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
6.5NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
T1499.003Application Exhaustion Flood

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Technologies

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