Information disclosure in Elastic Kibana
Priority LOW 14CWE-200Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
It was discovered that Kibana’s JIRA connector & IBM Resilient connector could be used to return HTTP response data on internal hosts, which may be intentionally hidden from public view. Using this vulnerability, a malicious user with the ability to create connectors, could utilize these connectors to view limited HTTP response data on hosts accessible to the cluster.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00456 39th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed kibana (npm): 7.15.2
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 | All versions from 7.8.0 through 7.15.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | kibana (npm) | 7.8.0 to before 7.15.2 | 7.15.2 | Patch available | GHSA-hp5f-qqrw-c8gj |
- Kibana VendorElastic Affected All versions from 7.8.0 through 7.15.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- kibana (npm) Vendor— Affected 7.8.0 to before 7.15.2 Fixed in 7.15.2 Patch available GHSA-hp5f-qqrw-c8gj
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-hp5f-qqrw-c8gj kibana (npm) Fixed in 7.15.2 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 3 products
- Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-37939
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hp5f-qqrw-c8gj
References
More Elastic Kibana vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2021-37939 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-37939 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hp5f-qqrw-c8gj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2021-37939 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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