TI-2017-05992 Aliases CVE-2017-8452 GHSA-p36j-6ff2-h5mm

Kibana versions prior to 5.2.1 configured for SSL client access, file descriptors will…

LOW 36CWE-775Published 2017-06-16 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Kibana versions prior to 5.2.1 configured for SSL client access, file descriptors will fail to be cleaned up after certain requests and will accumulate over time until the process crashes.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01383 72nd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial Kibana (Elastic): 5.2.1Red Hat: 4 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Elastic	Kibana	before 5.2.1	5.2.1	Patch available	CNA

Kibana VendorElastic Affected before 5.2.1 Fixed in 5.2.1 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana::::::::	up to 5.2.0	Vulnerable	Elastic

cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 5.2.0 Vulnerable ·Elastic

Remediation

Fix · CNA Kibana (Elastic) Fixed in 5.2.1

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) Operational Tools	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3	Affected	No fix yet
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) Operational Tools	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) Operational Tools	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix

Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) Operational Tools

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-8452
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p36j-6ff2-h5mm

References

Advisory 1

https://www.elastic.co/community/security

TI-2019-05363 Code injection in Elastic Kibana KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2018-12328 Kibana versions before 6.4.3 and 5.6.13 contain an arbitrary file inclusion flaw in the… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2025-18692 Kibana arbitrary code execution via prototype pollution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2020-05660 Code injection in Elastic Kibana CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2024-24803 Deserialization of untrusted data in Elastic Kibana CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
TI-2024-24800 Kibana arbitrary code execution via YAML deserialization CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1

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Sources

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