Elasticsearch 7.17.24, 8.15.0 Security Update (ESA-2026-52)

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service Uncontrolled Resource Consumption CWE-400 in Elasticsearch can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation CAPEC-130. An authenticated user can submit a specially crafted bulk request that causes sustained hi...

Kibana 8.18.9, 8.19.6, 9.0.8, 9.1.6 Security Update (ESA-2026-50)

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File in Kibana Leading to Information Disclosure Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File CWE-532 in Kibana can lead to information disclosure. When the optional application performance monitoring APM instrumentation is enabled, sensitive reques...

Elastic Defend 8.19.13, 9.2.7, 9.3.2 Security Update (ESA-2026-46)

Incorrect Authorization in Elastic Defend Leading to Information Disclosure Incorrect Authorization CWE-863 in Elastic Defend can lead to unauthorized information disclosure via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs CAPEC-1. Under certain conditions, a low-privileged...

Kibana 7.17.23 and 8.14.2 Security Update (ESA-2024-26)

Kibana allocation of resources without limits or throttling leads to crash ESA-2024-26 An allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Kibana can lead to a crash caused by a specially crafted request to /api/logentries/summary. This can be carried out by users with read access to the...

Elasticsearch 8.13.0/7.17.23 Security Update (ESA-2024-12)

Elasticsearch elasticsearch-certutil csr fails to encrypt private key ESA-2024-12 It was discovered by Elastic engineering that when elasticsearch-certutil CLI tool is used with the csr option in order to create a new Certificate Signing Requests, the associated private key that is generated is...

Kibana 8.12.1, 7.17.18 Security Update (ESA-2024-04)

Kibana heap buffer overflow vulnerability ESA-2024-04 This issue requires authenticated access to Kibana. On Dec 21, 2023, Google Chrome announced CVE-2023-7024, described as “Heap buffer overflow in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 120.0.6099.129 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit...

Kibana 8.11.2, 7.17.16 Security Update (ESA-2023-27)

Kibana Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File ESA-2023-27 An issue was discovered by Elastic whereby sensitive information may be recorded in Kibana logs in the event of an error or in the event where debug level logging is enabled in Kibana. Elastic has released Kibana 8.11.2 which...

Elasticsearch 8.11.2, 7.17.16 Security Update (ESA-2023-29)

Elasticsearch Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File ESA-2023-29 An issue was discovered by Elastic whereby Watcher search input logged the search query results on DEBUG log level. This could lead to raw contents of documents stored in Elasticsearch to be printed in logs. Elastic has...

Elasticsearch Security Statement regarding CVE-2022-1471

Elasticsearch is not affected by this issue. Elasticsearch is not affected by the issue described in CVE-2022-1471 as, in general, it does not use Snakeyaml to parse YAML. Summary Elasticsearch supports YAML as a format for search queries, and it also uses YAML for its configuration files i.e...

Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) 2.13.3, 3.3.0 Security Update

ECE Denial of Service DoS issue ESA-2023-09 A denial of service vulnerability was discovered in ECE that could lead to the ECE Admin API server becoming unavailable if a maliciously crafted JWT is supplied. This is due to the use of a transitive dependency json-smart which parses nested arrays in...

Endpoint Security 8.4.0/7.17.7 and Endgame 3.62.3 Security Update

Elastic Endpoint Security Local Privilege Escalation issue ESA-2022-13 An issue was discovered in the quarantine feature of Elastic Endpoint Security and Elastic Endgame for Windows, which could allow unprivileged users to elevate their privileges to those of the LocalSystem account. Affected...

Kibana 7.17.8 and 8.5.0 Security Update

Update Log 2022-12-23 : Updated impact section with additional details. 2023-01-09 : Updated impact section to include RHEL 2023-01-23 : Updated impact section with additional details. Updated Solutions and Mitigations section with new mitigation option. Updated Affected Versions section. Kibana...

APM Java Agent Security Update

APM Java Agent Local Privilege Escalation issue ESA-2021-30 A local privilege escalation issue was found with the APM Java agent, where a user on the system could attach a malicious plugin to an application running the APM Java agent. By using this vulnerability, an attacker could execute code at...

Elastic Stack 7.14.1 Security Update

Kibana code execution issue ESA-2021-21 It was discovered that a user with fleet admin permissions could upload a malicious package. Due to using an older version of the js-yaml library, this package would be loaded in an insecure manner, allowing an attacker to execute commands on the kibana...

Elastic Stack 7.12.0 and 6.8.15 Security Update

Elasticsearch Suggester & Profile API information disclosure flaw ESA-2021-06 A document disclosure flaw was found in the Elasticsearch suggester and profile API when Document and Field Level Security are enabled. The suggester and profile API are normally disabled for an index when document leve...

Beats 7.10.1 Security Update

Beats Denial of Service issue ESA-2020-16 A denial of service flaw when parsing malformed TLS public keys was discovered in Go, the language used to implement Beats. If Beats is configured to listen for Syslog over TLS, or if Beats is making outbound connections over HTTPS, a remote attacker coul...

Elastic Stack 7.9.3 and 6.8.13 Security Update

Elasticsearch field disclosure flaw ESA-2020-13 A document disclosure flaw was found in Elasticsearch when Document or Field Level Security is used. Search queries do not properly preserve security permissions when executing certain complex queries. This could result in the search disclosing the...

Enterprise Search 7.9.0 security update

Enterprise Search credential exposure flaw ESA-2020-11 Elastic Enterprise Search versions before 7.9.0 contain a credential exposure flaw in the App Search interface. If a user is given the ‘developer’ role, they will be able to view the administrator API credentials. These credentials could allo...

Elastic APM agent for Python 5.1.0 security update

Elastic APM agent for Python client CGI proxy redirection flaw ESA-2019-11 When the Elastic APM agent for Python is run as a CGI script, there is a variable name clash flaw if a remote attacker can control the proxy header. This could result in an attacker redirecting collected APM data to a prox...

Elastic Stack 6.6.2 and 5.6.16 security update

Winlogbeat insufficient logging issue ESA-2019-06 Nate Guagenti @ neu5ron, solutions engineer with Perched Inc. reported an issue in Winlogbeat versions before 5.6.16 and 6.6.2 had an insufficient logging flaw. An attacker able to inject certain characters into a log entry could prevent Winlogbea...

Elastic Stack 6.6.1 and 5.6.15 security update

Kibana XSS issue ESA-2019-01 Kibana versions before 5.6.15 and 6.6.1 had a cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of other Kibana users. Affected Versions Kibana versions before 5.6.15 and...

Elastic Stack 6.5.2 security update

Elasticsearch information disclosure ESA-2018-19 Elasticsearch Security versions 6.5.0 and 6.5.1 contain an XXE flaw in Machine Learning’s findfilestructure API. If a policy allowing external network access has been added to Elasticsearch’s Java Security Manager then an attacker could send a...

Elastic Stack 6.2.4 and 5.6.9 security update

X-Pack Machine Learning XSS vulnerability ESA-2018-06 X-Pack Machine Learning versions before 6.2.4 and 5.6.9 had a cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability. Users with manageml permissions could create jobs containing malicious data as part of their configuration that could allow the attacker to...

Beats 5.6.4 security update

Packetbeat denial of service ESA-2017-21 Packetbeat versions prior to 5.6.4 are affected by a denial of service flaw in the PostgreSQL protocol handler. If Packetbeat is listening for PostgreSQL traffic and a user is able to send arbitrary network traffic to the monitored port, the attacker could...

X-Pack Alerting and Kibana 5.6.1 security update

X-Pack alerting privileged user multiple issues An error was found in the permission model used by X-Pack alerting whereby users mapped to certain built-in roles could create a watch that results in that user gaining elevated privileges. Affected Versions: 5.0.0 to 5.6.0 Solutions and Mitigations...

Kibana 5.0.1 and 4.6.3 released with a fix for an open redirect vulnerability

Kibana versions 5.0.1 and 4.6.3 fix an open redirect vulnerability in the short URL feature that would allow an attacker to create a redirect from the Kibana domain to a different website. We’ve assigned this vulnerability the identifier ESA-2016-08. Thank you to the GE Digital Security Team for...

Kibana 4.4.2, 4.3.3, 4.1.6 - Updated node.js versions due to upstream vulnerabilities

Same deal as last month, but we've bumped all 3 version to node v4.3.2 to cover security issues in node.js. You can read their maintenance announcement here: https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v4.3.2/ Check out the blog post with release notes or grab the latest version...

Kibana Cross-site Request Forgery CVE-2015-8131

CVE: CVE-2015-8131 Affected versions: All versions up to and including 4.1.2 and 4.2.0. The vulnerability is a cross-site request forgery CSRF or XSRF that could allow an attacker to read and write changes to the .kibana index or gain read and write access to Kibana plugin actions. Remediation: A...

Kibana Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability CVE-2015-4093

Summary: Kibana versions 4.0.0, 4.0.1 and 4.0.2 are vulnerable to a cross-site scripting XSS attack. The attack allows execution of arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the user’s browser. We have been assigned CVE-2015-4093 for this issue. Fixed versions: Version 4.0.3 has addressed the...

Elasticsearch 8.19.19, 9.3.8, 9.4.4 Security Update (ESA-2026-68)

Uncontrolled Recursion in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service Uncontrolled Recursion CWE-674 in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via a specially crafted search request submitted by a low-privileged authenticated user. A user with read-level index access can submit a request that...

Kibana 9.3.8, 9.4.4 Security Update (ESA-2026-65)

Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Access to Cloud Connect Management Functions Missing Authorization CWE-862 in Kibana allows an authenticated user to access and modify Cloud Connect configuration and service settings without the required feature privileges, via direct...

Kibana 9.4.3 Security Update (ESA-2026-58)

Improper Access Control in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Data Modification and Information Disclosure Improper Access Control CWE-284 in Kibana can lead to unauthorized modification of Entity Analytics Watchlist configuration and potential information disclosure. A low-privileged authenticated...

Elasticsearch 7.17.14 / 8.10.3 Security Update (ESA-2023-24)

Elasticsearch Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions ESA-2023-24 It was identified that malformed scripts used in the script processor of an Ingest Pipeline could cause an Elasticsearch node to crash when calling the Simulate Pipeline API. Affected Versions: Elasticsearch versions on or afte...

Elasticsearch 8.9.1 / 7.17.13 Security Update

Elasticsearch StackOverflow vulnerability ESA-2023-14 A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, affecting the search API that allowed a specially crafted query string to cause a Stack Overflow and ultimately a Denial of Service. Affected Versions: Elasticsearch versions from 7.0.0 to 7.17.12 and fr...

Elastic Stack 7.5.0 security update

Metricbeat and Filebeat DSA public key panic ESA-2019-15 A denial of service flaw when parsing malformed DSA public keys was discovered in Go, the language used to implement Beats. If Metricbeat or Filebeat are configured to accept incoming TLS connections with client authentication enabled, a...

Elastic Stack 6.2.3 security update

X-Pack Security SAML vulnerability ESA-2018-07 X-Pack Security versions 6.2.0, 6.2.1, and 6.2.2 are vulnerable to a user impersonation attack via incorrect XML canonicalization and DOM traversal. An attacker might have been able to impersonate a legitimate user if the SAML Identity Provider allow...

Elastic Stack 6.1.2 and 5.6.6 security update

Logstash sensitive information disclosure issue ESA-2018-01 When logging warnings regarding deprecated settings, Logstash could inadvertently log sensitive information. Affected Versions All versions before 6.1.2 and 5.6.6 Solutions and Mitigations: Users should upgrade to Logstash version 6.1.2 ...

Kibana 6.1.1 security update

Kibana arbitrary code execution issue ESA-2017-24 Kibana version 6.1.0 had an arbitrary code execution vulnerability in the Math.js package which is used by math aggregations in Time Series Visual Builder. Kibana users could construct a math aggregation capable of executing arbitrary code on the...

X-Pack Security 5.6.0 and 5.5.3 security update

X-Pack Security permission issue ESA-2017-18 An error was found in the X-Pack Security privilege enforcement. If a user has either ‘delete’ or ‘index’ permissions on an index in a cluster, they may be able to issue both delete and index requests against that index. Previously if a user had bulk...

X-Pack Security 5.5.2 security update

X-Pack Security TLS certificate verification error ESA-2017-15 An error was found in the X-Pack Security TLS trust manager for versions 5.0.0 to 5.5.1. If reloading the trust material fails the trust manager will be replaced with an instance that trusts all certificates. This could allow any node...

Kibana 5.5.2 and 4.6.5 security update

Kibana markdown parser Cross Site Scripting XSS error ESA-2017-16 Kibana versions prior to 5.5.2 had a cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in the markdown parser that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of other Kibana users...

Logstash 2.2.1 Elasticsearch Output Vulnerability

Logstash version 2.2.1 is vulnerable to a man in the middle attack when used with Elasticsearch output. In version 2.2.1, the config which enables SSL/TLS default has been disabled inadvertently, so a malicious user could access payload data sent via HTTP during the initial handshake. This has be...

Kibana 4.4.1, 4.3.2, 4.1.5 - Updated node.js versions due to upstream vulnerabilities

Summary: The bundled versions of node.js in Kibana contain HTTP-related security vulnerabilities. Fixed versions of node.js were recently released. For the original node.js security announcement, see https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2016-security-releases/ Fixed versions: Kibana...

Kibana 4.x XSS -- CVE pending

Summary Kibana versions up to and including 4.3.0, 4.2.1, and 4.1.3 are vulnerable to a cross-site scripting XSS attack. The attack allows execution of arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the user’s browser. We have requested a CVE number and will update our forum post and website when the...

Kibana 3.1.3

We've identified two content sanitation issues in Kibana 3. While these are low impact and difficult to trigger we're releasing Kibana 3.1.3 to correct them: https://www.elastic.co/downloads/past-releases/kibana-3-1-3...

Elasticsearch directory traversal vulnerability CVE-2015-5531

Summary Elasticsearch versions from 1.0.0 to 1.6.0 are vulnerable to a directory traversal attack that allows an attacker to retrieve files that are readable by the Elasticsearch JVM process. We have been assigned CVE-2015-5531 for this issue. Fixed versions Versions 1.6.1 and 1.7.0 address the...

Kibana 8.19.19, 9.3.8, 9.4.4 Security Update (ESA-2026-71)

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Kibana Leading to Denial of Service Uncontrolled Resource Consumption CWE-400 in Kibana can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation CAPEC-130. An authenticated attacker with low-privilege access can trigger a denial of service condition in Kibana by...

Kibana 9.4.4 Security Update (ESA-2026-70)

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in Kibana Leading to Information Disclosure Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key CWE-639 in Kibana can lead to information disclosure via user-supplied identifiers that reference scheduled query result data from Kibana Spaces the...

Kibana 8.19.19, 9.3.8, 9.4.4 Security Update (ESA-2026-69)

Incorrect Authorization in Kibana Leading to Machine Learning Audit Log Integrity Compromise Incorrect Authorization CWE-863 in Kibana can lead to integrity compromise of Machine Learning audit and notification records via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs CAPEC-1. A...

Kibana 9.3.8, 9.4.4 Security Update (ESA-2026-67)

Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Information Disclosure Missing Authorization CWE-862 in Kibana can lead to unauthorized information disclosure via Privilege Abuse CAPEC-122. A user with limited feature privileges can access workflow execution outputs in their Kibana space...