Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate to KNIME Business Hub
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DeliveryIdentify target executor IP in another context
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ExploitReach workflow-opened network port
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ExecutionAccess unauthenticated service across isolation boundary
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ImpactImpact neighbouring execution context
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Component isolation
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires an authenticated KNIME Business Hub user (PR:L) AND two environment-specific prerequisites explicitly stated by the vendor: (1) the attacker must know the IP address of a target executor in a different execution context, and (2) that executor must have one or more open network ports that provide access without further authentication. By default no network ports are open on executors, so a default installation presents no attack surface - ports are opened only by specific running workflows, meaning exploitability is entirely contingent on which workflows are deployed. This conditionality, plus the required authenticated access, significantly limits realistic risk. The vendor notes network policies can be created manually as a workaround, and the issue is fixed in version 1.19.0. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity isolation flaw (CWE-653) scored 6.4 via CVSS 4.0 (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N) with no vulnerable-system impact (VC:N/VI:N/VA:N) but subsequent-system impact of SC:L/SI:H/SA:H - meaning the real harm lands on OTHER execution contexts' executors, not the attacker's own context. The vector implies an authenticated remote user (PR:L), so this is not an unauthenticated internet-facing bug. No EPSS score, KEV listing, or POC was provided in the input, and the vendor (KNIME) is the sole reporter; the only reference is the KNIME security advisories index, not a specific exploit or detailed write-up. The vuln.today priority is 'this_month' rather than act_now/emergency, consistent with a real-but-not-urgent issue. Crucially, the description itself heavily qualifies exploitability: it is 'only a security issue if the IP address of the attacked executor is known and there are open network ports that provide access without further authentication,' and 'by default no network ports are open.' This makes the practical risk strongly environment-dependent - a tenant-isolation weakness that only matters when deployed workflows happen to open unauthenticated ports. The CVSS AC:L/AT:N understates this conditionality; the input evidence makes clear exploitation is gated on non-default, workflow-specific port exposure, so I assess the real-world complexity as higher than the headline vector suggests. Priority: treat as a scheduled patch for multi-tenant KNIME Business Hub operators, not a fire-drill. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An authenticated KNIME Business Hub user in one execution context determines the IP address of an executor belonging to a different execution context and connects directly to a network port that a running workflow has opened, bypassing the intended isolation between contexts. Because such ports (when present) provide access without further authentication, the attacker can interact with the neighbouring tenant's exposed service. The attack is only viable when a workflow in the target context has opened a port, since none are open by default; no public exploit code was identified in the provided data. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 22, 2026
KNIME Business Hub deployments before 1.19.0 fail to enforce network compartmentalization between execution contexts, so an authenticated remote user can reach open network ports on executors that belong to a different execution context. By default no ports are open on executors, meaning the exposure exists only where deployed workflows themselves open listening ports and the attacker knows the target executor's IP address, which keeps realistic risk conditional. The issue is fixed in version 1.19.0, a manual network-policy workaround is available, and no public exploit code was identified at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
Upgrade KNIME Business Hub to version 1.19.0, the release in which the cross-context network restriction is fixed. Where upgrading is not immediately possible, the vendor's stated workaround is to create network policies manually so that traffic between execution contexts is blocked rather than relying on default permissiveness; the trade-off is that any workflow legitimately depending on connectivity between contexts (or on external consumers reaching executor ports) will stop working once those policies are enforced, so workflow inventories should be checked before rollout. Additionally, since exposure only exists when executors have open ports, reviewing deployed workflows for components that bind listening ports and removing or firewalling those ports reduces the attack surface, at the cost of breaking the workflows that require them; knowing the executor IP is also a stated prerequisite, so restricting visibility of executor addressing limits exploitability. Advisory details are available at https://www.knime.com/security/advisories.
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The root cause class is CWE-653 (Insufficient Compartmentalization): KNIME Business Hub uses execution contexts as a tenant-style isolation boundary, but the network layer between contexts was not restricted, allowing east-west traffic from one context to reach listening ports on executors running in another. Executors host workflow execution and only expose network ports when particular workflows or nodes bind them, which is why the vendor describes a default installation as having no open ports and therefore no attack surface. The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N) records no impact on the vulnerable system itself (VC:N/VI:N/VA:N) but subsequent-system impact of SC:L/SI:H/SA:H, i.e. the harm falls on the other contexts' executors; an independent assessment scored it CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H, with the higher attack complexity reflecting the two environment-specific prerequisites (known executor IP, unauthenticated open port). CPE data identifies the affected line only generically as cpe:2.3:a:knime:knime_business_hub with a wildcard pre-1.19.0 version, so no finer component-level CPE breakdown is available.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:H/SA:H
Authenticated user (PR:L) over the network; AC:H because exploitation needs a known executor IP and a workflow-opened unauthenticated port; S:C as impact crosses into a separate execution context.
Primary rating from Vendor (KNIME).
CVSS VectorVendor: KNIME
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionCVE.org
Unrestricted network access between execution contexts in KNIME Business Hub before version 1.19.0 allows an authenticated remote user to access open network ports on executors in different execution contexts. This only poses a security issue if the IP address of the attacked executor is know and there are open network ports that provided access without further authentication. By default no network ports are open. However, depending on the running workflows, ports may be opened and provide an attack surface. As a workaround, network policies can be created manually.
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