RCE in Elastic Kibana
CVE-2023-31414
Kibana versions 8.0.0 through 8.7.0 contain an arbitrary code execution flaw. An attacker with write access to Kibana yaml or env configuration could add a specific payload that will attempt to execute JavaScript code. This could lead to the attacker executing arbitrary commands on the host system with permissions of the Kibana process.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (46.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 46.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Elastic Kibana — versions versions 8.0.0 through 8.7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.elastic.co/community/security/ (Vendor Advisory)
- discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-7-1-security-updates/332330 (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-31414?
- CVE-2023-31414 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-05-04.
- How severe is CVE-2023-31414?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-31414 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.