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TI-2018-12327 Aliases CVE-2018-17245GHSA-j8h5-wqfr-cxp3

Insufficiently protected credentials in Elastic Kibana

Priority MEDIUM 45CWE-201Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-201.

Summary

Kibana versions 4.0 to 4.6, 5.0 to 5.6.12, and 6.0 to 6.4.2 contain an error in the way authorization credentials are used when generating PDF reports. If a report requests external resources plaintext credentials are included in the HTTP request that could be recovered by an external resource provider.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01523 74th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ElasticKibana4.0 to 4.6, 5.0 to 5.6.12, and 6.0 to 6.4.2—No fix listedCNA
  • Kibana VendorElastic Affected 4.0 to 4.6, 5.0 to 5.6.12, and 6.0 to 6.4.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.0 – 4.6.0; 5.0.0 – 5.6.12; 6.0.0 – 6.4.2VulnerableElastic
  • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.0 – 4.6.0; 5.0.0 – 5.6.12; 6.0.0 – 6.4.2 Vulnerable ·Elastic

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

Not affected: 13 products
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.2
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.3
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.4
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.5
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.6
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.7
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9
  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0
  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) Operational Tools
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) Operational Tools

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-17245
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j8h5-wqfr-cxp3

References

Advisory 2

  • 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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