Deserialization in Elastic Kibana
CVE-2024-37285
A deserialization issue in Kibana can lead to arbitrary code execution when Kibana attempts to parse a YAML document containing a crafted payload. A successful attack requires a malicious user to have a combination of both specific Elasticsearch indices privileges https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/defining-roles.html#roles-indices-priv and Kibana privileges https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/fleet/current/fleet-roles-and-privileges.html assigned to them. The following Elasticsearch indices permissions are required * write privilege on the system indices .kibana_ingest* * The allow_restricted_indices flag is set to true Any of the following Kibana privileges are additionally required * Under Fleet the All privilege is granted * Under Integration the Read or All privilege is granted * Access to the fleet-setup privilege is gained through the Fleet Server’s service account token
Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.012 (68.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 68.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Elastic Kibana — versions 8.10.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-15-1-security-update-esa-2024-27-esa-2024-28/3661… (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-37285?
- CVE-2024-37285 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2024-11-14.
- How severe is CVE-2024-37285?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-37285 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.