What is CVE-2017-8452?

CVE-2017-8452 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under CWE-775. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-06-16.

How severe is CVE-2017-8452?

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

Vulnerability in Elastic Kibana

CVE-2017-8452

Kibana versions prior to 5.2.1 configured for SSL client access, file descriptors will fail to be cleaned up after certain requests and will accumulate over time until the process crashes.

EPSS: 0.004 (59.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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:N/A:H.

Affected products

Elastic Kibana — versions before 5.2.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-775
CWE-769

References

security@elastic.co (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8452?: CVE-2017-8452 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under CWE-775. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-06-16.
How severe is CVE-2017-8452?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.