What is CVE-2023-46671?

CVE-2023-46671 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2023-12-13.

How severe is CVE-2023-46671?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-46671 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Information disclosure in Elastic Kibana

CVE-2023-46671

An issue was discovered by Elastic whereby sensitive information may be recorded in Kibana logs in the event of an error. Elastic has released Kibana 8.11.1 which resolves this issue. The error message recorded in the log may contain account credentials for the kibana_system user, API Keys, and credentials of Kibana end-users. The issue occurs infrequently, only if an error is returned from an Elasticsearch cluster, in cases where there is user interaction and an unhealthy cluster (for example, when returning circuit breaker or no shard exceptions).

EPSS: 0.007 (47.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Elastic Kibana — versions 8.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-532 — Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

security@elastic.co (Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-46671?: CVE-2023-46671 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2023-12-13.
How severe is CVE-2023-46671?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-46671 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.