Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
Knowage Server versions before 8.1.8 can let a logged-in low-privilege user influence database queries. The reported impact is data exposure, including credentials or business information. This is a high-priority issue for organizations using Knowage for analytics because analytics platforms often centralize sensitive operational data.
Executive priority
Prioritize remediation for any affected production Knowage deployment, especially where the system stores credentials, business analytics, customer data, or other sensitive records. The main business risk is unauthorized data disclosure by an authenticated user.
Technical view
The advisory describes unsanitized user input used to build HQL queries, which can break into SQL generated by Hibernate. The documents list endpoint passes the user-supplied label parameter into countBIObjects without prior sanitization. Affected versions are Knowage-Server 6.0.0 through before 8.1.8. CWE-89 applies.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to organizations running Knowage-Server versions >=6.0.0 and <8.1.8. The attacker needs authenticated low-privilege access, network reachability to the application, and no user interaction. Internet-exposed Knowage deployments or broad internal user access increase urgency.
Exploitation context
The provided sources do not report known active exploitation, and the CVE is not marked KEV. The vulnerability is still practical because the CVSS vector indicates network access, low attack complexity, low privileges, no user interaction, and high confidentiality impact.
Researcher notes
Evidence identifies at least one vulnerable path involving documents/listDocument, label, countBIObjects, BIObjectDAOHibImpl, HQL construction, and Hibernate-generated SQL. The advisory also says other injections were identified, but the provided bundle does not enumerate them, so validation should not assume only one code path was affected.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade Knowage-Server to version 8.1.8 or later.
- Treat vendor guidance as authoritative; sources state there are no known workarounds.
- Restrict network access to Knowage until upgrade is complete.
- Review and minimize low-privilege accounts with access to Knowage.
- Monitor application and database logs for suspicious query-related errors.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Knowage-Server instances and record exact running versions.
- Confirm no production instance is running >=6.0.0 and <8.1.8.
- Check whether Knowage is reachable from the internet or broad internal networks.
- Review logs for unusual access to documents list functionality.
- Verify the upgrade completed successfully in staging and production.
Public sources used
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CWE-89: Database access and collection lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 7.7 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N3.14Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.7HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/KnowageLabs/Knowage-Server/security/advisories/GHSA-2j3f-f696-7rgjCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.