Kibana allocation of resources without limits or throttling leads to crash

An allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Kibana can lead to a crash caused by a specially crafted request to /api/log_entries/summary. This can be carried out by users with read access to the Observability-Logs feature in Kibana.

Kibana exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor

An issue was identified in Kibana where a user without access to Fleet can view Elastic Agent policies that could contain sensitive information. The nature of the sensitive information depends on the integrations enabled for the Elastic Agent and their respective versions.

Kibana server-side request forgery

A server side request forgery vulnerability was identified in Kibana where the /api/fleet/health_check API could be used to send requests to internal endpoints. Due to the nature of the underlying request, only endpoints available over https that return JSON could be accessed. This can be carried out by users with read access to Fleet.

Kibana allocation of resources without limits or throttling leads to crash

An allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Kibana can lead to a crash caused by a specially crafted request to /api/metrics/snapshot. This can be carried out by users with read access to the Observability Metrics or Logs features in Kibana.

An allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Kibana can lead to a crash caused by a specially crafted payload to a number of inputs in Kibana UI. This can be carried out by users with read access to any feature in Kibana.

Kibana Open Redirect

URL redirection to an untrusted site ('Open Redirect') in Kibana can lead to sending a user to an arbitrary site and server-side request forgery via a specially crafted URL.

Kibana Denial of Service issue

An issue was discovered in Kibana where a user with Viewer role could cause a Kibana instance to crash by sending a large number of maliciously crafted requests to a specific endpoint.

kibana: URL redirection flaw

An open redirect flaw was found in Kibana versions before 7.13.0 and 6.8.16. If a logged in user visits a maliciously crafted URL, it could result in Kibana redirecting the user to an arbitrary website.

kibana: HTML injection issue (ESA-2021-23)

It was discovered that Kibana was not sanitizing document fields containing HTML snippets. Using this vulnerability, an attacker with the ability to write documents to an elasticsearch index could inject HTML. When the Discover app highlighted a search term containing the HTML, it would be rendered for the user.

kibana: XSS vulnerability ESA-2016-03

Kibana before 4.5.4 and 4.1.11 are vulnerable to an XSS attack that would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript in users' browsers.

With X-Pack installed, Kibana versions 5.0.0 and 5.0.1 were not properly authenticating requests to advanced settings and the short URL service, any authenticated user could make requests to those services regardless of their own permissions.

kibana: Cross-site scripting in kibana prior to 4.1.3 and 4.2.1

Kibana versions prior to 4.1.3 and 4.2.1 are vulnerable to a XSS attack.

kibana: Open redirect vulnerability (ESA-2016-09)

Kibana versions before 4.6.3 and 5.0.1 have an open redirect vulnerability that would enable an attacker to craft a link in the Kibana domain that redirects to an arbitrary website.

kibana: Cross-site scripting (XSS) in kibana up to 4.3 and before 4.6.2

Kibana versions after and including 4.3 and before 4.6.2 are vulnerable to a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack.

kibana: XSS vulnerability in Timelion could allow an attacker obtain sensitive information or perform user actions

Kibana versions prior to 5.6.1 had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Timelion that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of other Kibana users.

kibana: XSS via URL fields

Kibana versions prior to 6.0.1 and 5.6.5 had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via URL fields that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of other Kibana users.

kibana: open redirect on the login page (ESA-2017-23)

The Kibana fix for CVE-2017-8451 was found to be incomplete. With X-Pack installed, Kibana versions before 6.0.1 and 5.6.5 have an open redirect vulnerability on the login page that would enable an attacker to craft a link that redirects to an arbitrary website.

kibana: XSS in Time Series Visual Builder could allow an attacket to obtain sensitive user information

Kibana version 5.4.0 was affected by a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) bug in the Time Series Visual Builder. This bug could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from Kibana users.

kibana: XSS in Discover page could allow attacker to obtain sensitive information or perform user actions

Starting in version 5.3.0, Kibana had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Discover page that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of other Kibana users.

kibana: Crafted URLs can be used to trick users into disclosing their password

In Kibana X-Pack security versions prior to 5.4.3 if a Kibana user opens a crafted Kibana URL the result could be a redirect to an improperly initialized Kibana login screen. If the user enters credentials on this screen, the credentials will appear in the URL bar. The credentials could then be viewed by untrusted parties or logged into the Kibana access logs.