Auth bypass in Floragunn Search Guard Kibana Plugin

CVE-2019-13423

Search Guard Kibana Plugin versions before 5.6.8-7 and before 6.x.y-12 had an issue that an authenticated Kibana user could impersonate as kibanaserver user when providing wrong credentials when all of the following conditions a-c are true: a) Kibana is configured to use Single-Sign-On as authentication method, one of Kerberos, JWT, Proxy, Client certificate. b) The kibanaserver user is configured to use HTTP Basic as the authentication method. c) Search Guard is configured to use an SSO authentication domain and HTTP Basic at the same time

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.007 (48.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-13423?
CVE-2019-13423 is a high-severity vulnerability in Floragunn Search Guard Kibana Plugin, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-08-23.
How severe is CVE-2019-13423?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.