Path Traversal in Elastic Kibana
CVE-2021-22151
It was discovered that Kibana was not validating a user supplied path, which would load .pbf files. Because of this, a malicious user could arbitrarily traverse the Kibana host to load internal files ending in the .pbf extension.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 3.1 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (51.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 51.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Elastic Kibana — versions 7.9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-14-1-security-update/283077 (Vendor Advisory)
- www.elastic.co/community/security (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-22151?
- CVE-2021-22151 is a low-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 3.1/10. Published 2023-11-22.
- How severe is CVE-2021-22151?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.1 out of 10.