Improper input validation in Elastic kibana
Priority LOW 31CWE-20Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
A flaw (CVE-2022-38900) was discovered in one of Kibana’s third party dependencies, that could allow an authenticated user to perform a request that crashes the Kibana server process.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00887 59th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elastic | kibana | Versions 7.0.0 through 7.17.8 and 8.0.0 through 8.6.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- kibana VendorElastic Affected Versions 7.0.0 through 7.17.8 and 8.0.0 through 8.6.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 2
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:decode-uri-component_project:decode-uri-component:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | before 0.2.1 | Vulnerable | Decode-uri-component Project |
| cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7.0.0 to before 7.17.9; 8.0.0 to before 8.6.1 | Vulnerable | Elastic |
- cpe:2.3:a:decode-uri-component_project:decode-uri-component:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions before 0.2.1 Vulnerable ·Decode-uri-component Project
- cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.0 to before 7.17.9; 8.0.0 to before 8.6.1 Vulnerable ·Elastic
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Not affected: 1 product
- Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-38778
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ph5g-2r58-hm46
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-2022-38778 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-38778 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-ph5g-2r58-hm46 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2022-38778 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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