ReDoS in kubeflow/kubeflow
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-1333.
Summary
kubeflow/kubeflow is vulnerable to a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attack due to inefficient regular expression complexity in its email validation mechanism. An attacker can remotely exploit this vulnerability without authentication by providing specially crafted input that causes the application to consume an excessive amount of CPU resources. This vulnerability affects the latest version of kubeflow/kubeflow, specifically within the centraldashboard-angular backend component. The impact of exploiting this vulnerability includes resource exhaustion, and service disruption.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-5552
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qjvx-7f9v-7wfv
- 2026-10-16 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More Kubeflow vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-06021 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in kubeflow/kubeflow CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2023-06022 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in kubeflow/kubeflow CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2024-5552 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-5552 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qjvx-7f9v-7wfv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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