Headline
GHSA-9759-3276-g2pm: Denial of service attack on the cube-api endpoint
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 an independent researcher in our Community Slack and has been promptly patched in the recent update.
- GitHub Advisory Database
- GitHub Reviewed
- CVE-2023-50709
Denial of service attack on the cube-api endpoint
Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Dec 13, 2023 in cube-js/cube
Package
npm @cubejs-backend/api-gateway (npm)
Affected versions
< 0.34.34
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 an independent researcher in our Community Slack and has been promptly patched in the recent update.
References
- GHSA-9759-3276-g2pm
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Dec 13, 2023
Related news
Cube is a semantic layer for building data applications. Prior to version 0.34.34, it is possible to make the entire Cube API unavailable by submitting a specially crafted request to a Cube API endpoint. The issue has been patched in `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. There are currently no workaround for older versions, and the recommendation is to upgrade.