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.

Published · last modified .

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (71.8th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 71.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2017-8452: held from 0.014 to 0.014.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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.