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).
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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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (49.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 49.4% 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 8.0.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- discuss.elastic.co/t/8-11-1-7-17-15-security-update-esa-2023-25/347149 (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.