CVE-2026-115454: CWE-770 Allocation of resources without limits or throttling in KNIME KNIME Business Hub
Description
CVE-2026-115454 is a medium severity vulnerability in KNIME Business Hub prior to version 1.19.0. It involves excessive resource allocation in the remote workflow editing feature, allowing an authenticated attacker to exhaust server resources. This can cause intermittent unavailability of workflow execution functionality. No workaround is available.
CVSS v4.0
Score 5.3medium
Affected software
KNIME
KNIME Business Hub
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Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CWE-770) in KNIME Business Hub versions before 1.19.0 allows an authenticated user to trigger excessive resource allocation during remote workflow editing. The lack of limits or throttling on resource consumption can lead to resource exhaustion on the server side, resulting in intermittent denial of service for workflow execution. The issue is specific to the remote workflow editing capability and requires authentication to exploit.
Potential Impact
An authenticated attacker can exhaust server resources by exploiting the excessive resource allocation flaw, causing intermittent unavailability of workflow execution functionality. This impacts the availability of the affected KNIME Business Hub service but does not indicate compromise of confidentiality or integrity.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade to KNIME Business Hub version 1.19.0 or later where this issue is fixed. No workaround is available. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation requires applying the official fix by updating the software.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- KNIME
- Date Reserved
- 2026-10-22T15:05:06.080Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6ada2ff34d27ba8daa632c13
Added to database: 10/22/2026, 15:46:59 UTC
Last enriched: 10/22/2026, 16:00:26 UTC
Last updated: 10/22/2026, 16:02:48 UTC
Views: 6
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