Search Guard audit logs can contain under certain conditions user credentials
Priority LOW 28CWE-522Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-522.
Summary
In Search Guard FLX versions from 1.0.0 up to 4.0.1, the audit logging feature might log user credentials from users logging into Kibana.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0022 12th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-4819
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vx77-83rf-gfvg
References
More floragunn Flx vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-04202 Some management operations on data streams are not properly restricted when user does not have the necessary privileges CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2026-04184 Open redirect vulnerability in Search Guard Kibana Plugin via manipulated requests CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-4819 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-4819 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vx77-83rf-gfvg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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