CVE-2021-22151

Kibana path traversal issue

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Published Nov 22, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 3.1 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

It was discovered that Kibana was not validating a user supplied path, which would load .pbf files. Because of this, a malicious user could arbitrarily traverse the Kibana host to load internal files ending in the .pbf extension.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Elastic

Kibana

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`7.9.0`	affected	< 7.14.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-9298	It was discovered that Kibana was not validating a user supplied path, which would load .pbf files. Because of this, a malicious user could arbitrarily traverse the Kibana host to load internal files ending in the .pbf extension.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.704% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-14-1-security-update/283077
https://www.elastic.co/community/security

History

Oct 11, 2024 9:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Elastic Kibana

Weaknesses

CWE-22

Sources

CVE record Updated: Oct 11, 2024, 6:06 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: elastic
Published: Nov 22, 2023, 12:36 AM
Updated: Oct 11, 2024, 6:06 PM
Reserved: Jan 4, 2021, 8:17 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 6:37 PM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 6:37 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:36 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 22, 2023, 1:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:36 AM

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Red Hat No data

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