VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-45097
KNIME Server before 4.12.6 and 4.13.x before 4.13.4 (when installed in unattended mode) keeps the administrator's password in a file without appropriate file access controls, allowing all local users to read its content.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.22%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.22%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
KNIME Server before 4.12.6 and 4.13.x before 4.13.4 (when installed in unattended mode) keeps the administrator's password in a file without appropriate file access controls, allowing all local users to read its content.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.22% probability · 12th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-522
- Affected
- knime/knime server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/dawid-czarnecki/public-vulnerabilities/tree/master/KNIME/CVE-weak-file-permissionBroken Link
- https://zigrin.com/advisories/knime-server-weak-file-permissions/
- https://github.com/dawid-czarnecki/public-vulnerabilities/tree/master/KNIME/CVE-weak-file-permissionBroken Link
- https://zigrin.com/advisories/knime-server-weak-file-permissions/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.