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Denial of service attack on the cube-api endpoint

Moderate
bsod90 published GHSA-9759-3276-g2pm Dec 13, 2023

Package

npm @cubejs-backend/api-gateway (npm)

Affected versions

< v0.34.34

Patched versions

v0.34.34

Description

Impact

It is possible to make the entire Cube API unavailable by submitting a specially crafted request to a Cube API endpoint.

Patches

The issue has been patched in the v0.34.34 and it's recommended that all users exposing Cube APIs to the public internet upgrade to the latest version to prevent service disruption.

Workarounds

There are currently no workaround for older versions, and the recommendation is to upgrade.

References

The issue was reported by y0d3n in our Community Slack and has been promptly patched in the recent update.

Severity

Moderate
6.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE ID

CVE-2023-50709

Weaknesses

No CWEs