Vulnerability in Elastic Kibana
CVE-2018-17246
Kibana versions before 6.4.3 and 5.6.13 contain an arbitrary file inclusion flaw in the Console plugin. An attacker with access to the Kibana Console API could send a request that will attempt to execute javascript code. This could possibly lead to an attacker executing arbitrary commands with permissions of the Kibana process on the host system.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.823 (99.7th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.718 · newest: 0.823 · change: +0.104
Affected products
- Elastic Kibana — versions before 6.4.3 and 5.6.13
- Red Hat Openshift Container Platform — versions 3.11
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/106285 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-4-3-and-5-6-13-security-update/155594 (Vendor Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:3743 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.elastic.co/community/security (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-17246?
- CVE-2018-17246 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under External Control of File Name or Path. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-12-20.
- How severe is CVE-2018-17246?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-17246 known to be exploited?
- 25 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.