Cube Core is vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) via crafted request

Description

Impact

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

Affected Versions:

>= 1.1.17

Mitigation:

Upgrade to a patched version:

  • 1.5.13 and later (regular release)
  • 1.4.2 (active LTS release)

References

The issue was reported by our Core engineer, Dmitrii Patsura (@ovr), in our internal Slack and was promptly patched in a recent update.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
medium
Advisory on GitHub
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Source code
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Published (advisory)
2026-02-10 00:29:13 UTC
Updated
2026-02-10 02:57:39 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2026-02-10 00:29:13 UTC
NVD published
2026-02-09

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.02% 5.18%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
6.5 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

Identifiers

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-755 Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

Credits

  • ovr (reporter)

Affected packages (2)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
npm @cubejs-backend/server-core >= 1.1.17, < 1.4.2 1.4.2
npm @cubejs-backend/server-core >= 1.5.0, < 1.5.13 1.5.13

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence