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TI-2025-30958 Aliases CVE-2025-48738GHSA-8hx5-5mh4-xhjv

Resource allocation without limits in StrangeBee TheHive

Priority LOW 37CWE-770Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · Low
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-770.

Summary

An e-mail flooding vulnerability in StrangeBee TheHive 5.2.0 before 5.2.16, 5.3.0 before 5.3.11, 5.4.0 before 5.4.10, and 5.5.0 before 5.5.1 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to use the password reset feature without limits. This can lead to several consequences, including mailbox storage exhaustion for targeted users, reputation damage to the SMTP server, potentially causing it to be blacklisted, and overload of the SMTP server's outbound mail queue.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00533 45th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed TheHive (StrangeBee): 5.2.16, 5.3.11, 5.4.10 +1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
StrangeBeeTheHive5.2.0 to before 5.2.16; 5.3.0 to before 5.3.11; 5.4.0 to before 5.4.10; 5.5.0 to before 5.5.15.2.16, 5.3.11, 5.4.10, 5.5.1Patch availableCNA
  • TheHive VendorStrangeBee Affected 5.2.0 to before 5.2.16; 5.3.0 to before 5.3.11; 5.4.0 to before 5.4.10; 5.5.0 to before 5.5.1 Fixed in 5.2.16, 5.3.11, 5.4.10, 5.5.1 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA TheHive (StrangeBee) Fixed in 5.2.16, 5.3.11, 5.4.10, 5.5.1

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    StrangeBee TheHive 5.2.16, 5.3.11 and 2 more versions

    3 records Highest priority Priority LOW 3 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2025-30960 Cross-site request forgery in StrangeBee TheHivePriority LOW 26
    • TI-2025-30959 Server-side request forgery in StrangeBee TheHivePriority LOW 22
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-48738
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8hx5-5mh4-xhjv

References

Other 1

  • TI-2026-45048 TheHive 4.1.24 Unauthenticated Information Disclosure via /api/status Endpoint CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2023-20284 An issue in StrangeBee TheHive v.5.0.8, v.4.1.21 and Cortex v.3.1.6 allows a remote… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-13549 An improper authorization check in the User API in TheHive before 2.13.4 and 3.x before… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2025-30961 A Broken Access Control vulnerability in StrangeBee TheHive 5.2.0 before 5.2.16, 5.3.0… CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2025-30960 Cross-site request forgery in StrangeBee TheHive CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.9
  • TI-2024-15162 StrangeBee TheHive 5.2.0 to 5.2.8 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in the case… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
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Sources

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