What is CVE-2016-1000219?

CVE-2016-1000219 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under Improper Authorization. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-06-16.

How severe is CVE-2016-1000219?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-1000219 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Elastic Kibana

CVE-2016-1000219

Kibana before 4.5.4 and 4.1.11 when a custom output is configured for logging in, cookies and authorization headers could be written to the log files. This information could be used to hijack sessions of other users when using Kibana behind some form of authentication such as Shield.

Published 2017-06-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.020 (80.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 80.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Elastic Kibana

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-285 — Improper Authorization

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/99178 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.elastic.co/community/security (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1000219?: CVE-2016-1000219 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under Improper Authorization. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-06-16.
How severe is CVE-2016-1000219?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-1000219 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.