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CVE-2021-45096

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-12-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-611

Description

KNIME Analytics Platform before 4.5.0 is vulnerable to XXE (external XML entity injection) via a crafted workflow file (.knwf), aka AP-17730.

Affected products

• KNIME Analytics Platform: before 4.5.0 — fixed in 4.5.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: KNIME Analytics Platform 4.5.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/dawid-czarnecki/public-vulnerabilities
• https://www.knime.com/changelog-v45
• https://www.knime.com/whats-new-in-knime-45
• https://zigrin.com/advisories/knime-analytics-platform-external-xml-entity-injection/
• https://github.com/dawid-czarnecki/public-vulnerabilities
• https://www.knime.com/changelog-v45
• https://www.knime.com/whats-new-in-knime-45
• https://zigrin.com/advisories/knime-analytics-platform-external-xml-entity-injection/

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