CVE-2022-44749

HIGH

Published Nov 24, 20223y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago

7.0 CVSS 3.1

High

Published Nov 24, 2022 3y ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

A directory traversal vulnerability in the ZIP archive extraction routines of KNIME Analytics Platform 3.2.0 and above can result in arbitrary files being overwritten on the user's system. This vulnerability is also known as 'Zip-Slip'. An attacker can create a KNIME workflow that, when being opened by a user, can overwrite arbitrary files that the user has write access to. It's not necessary to execute the workflow, opening the workflow is sufficient. The user will notice that something is wrong because an error is being reported but only after the files have already been written. This can impact data integrity (file contents are changed) or cause errors in other software (vital files being corrupted). It can even lead to remote code execution if executable files are being replaced and subsequently executed by the user. In all cases the attacker has to know the location of files on the user's system, though.

CVSS Details

Base Score

7.0

Exploitability

1.0

Impact

5.9

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

User Interaction Required

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

Availability High

Threat Intelligence

No active exploitation signals — not in CISA KEV and no EPSS score yet.

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-22 Path Traversal Resource Mgmt

Affected Products 1

Vendor	Product	Version	Range
knime	knime_analytics_platform	*	≥3.2.0 – <4.6.4

References 1

knime.com https://www.knime.com/security/advisories

Vendor Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.