CVE-2021-37938
Medium
Description
It was discovered that on Windows operating systems specifically, Kibana was not validating a user supplied path, which would load .pbf files. Because of this, a malicious user could arbitrarily traverse the Kibana host to load internal files ending in the .pbf extension. Thanks to Dominic Couture for finding this vulnerability.
SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
Product
Elastic Kibana
PublishedNov 18, 2021
First seenNov 18, 2021
Weakness typeCWE-269Improper privilege management
How to fix
Update
- elastic kibana7.15.2 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| elastic kibana | 7.9.0 ≤ v < 7.15.2 | 7.15.2 |
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