QID 379179

Date Published: 2024-01-25

QID 379179: Elasticsearch Kibana Storage of Sensitive Information into Log File (ESA-2023-27)

Kibana is a source-available data visualization dashboard software for Elasticsearch.

CVE-2023-46675: The messages recorded in the log may contain Account credentials for the kibana_system user, API Keys, and credentials of Kibana end-users, Elastic Security package policy objects which can contain private keys, bearer token, and sessions of 3rd-party integrations and finally Authorization headers, client secrets, local file paths, and stack traces.

Affected Version:
Kibana versions from 7.13.0 to 7.17.15.
Kibana versions from 8.0.0 to 8.11.1.

QID Detection Logic (Authenticated):
This authenticated QID checks for Kibana version by running "kibana --version" command.

QID Detection Logic (Unauthenticated):
This QID sends a GET request to find if the target is running a vulnerable version of kibana.

Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities may affect confidentiality, integrity and availability of the targeted user.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 6.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 6.8 severity.
  • Solution
    Update to version 8.11.2 or 7.17.16. Kibana can be downloaded at Download Kibana 8.11.2

    CVEs related to QID 379179

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    ESA-2023-27 URL Logo discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-11-2-7-17-16-security-update-esa-2023-27/349182

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