CVE-2025-59954: Knowage Contains a Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2025-09-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Knowage is an open source analytics and business intelligence suite. Versions 8.1.26 and below are vulnerable to Remote Code Exection through using an unsafe org.apache.commons.jxpath.JXPathContext in MetaService.java service. This issue is fixed in version 8.1.27.

Affected products

KnowageLabs Knowage-Server: before 8.1.27 — fixed in 8.1.27

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: KnowageLabs Knowage-Server 8.1.27. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/KnowageLabs/Knowage-Server/commit/1bb60d42557724f7ed24c19df6c5017e169527ca
https://github.com/KnowageLabs/Knowage-Server/security/advisories/GHSA-96cv-75hg-xrgq
https://github.com/KnowageLabs/Knowage-Server/security/advisories/GHSA-96cv-75hg-xrgq

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