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...

Kibana 7.17.3 and 8.1.3 Security Update

Kibana Exposure of Sensitive Information ESA-2022-05 A vulnerability in Kibana could expose sensitive information related to Elastic Stack monitoring in the Kibana page source. Elastic Stack monitoring features provide a way to keep a pulse on the health and performance of your Elasticsearch...

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 7.11.0 and 6.8.14 Security Update

Elasticsearch information disclosure ESA-2021-03 Elasticsearch versions before 7.10.0 and 6.8.14 have an information disclosure issue when audit logging and the emitrequestbody option is enabled. The Elasticsearch audit log could contain sensitive information such as password hashes or...

Elastic Stack 6.8.7 and 7.6.1 security update

Kibana Node.js security flaws ESA-2020-01 The version of Node.js shipped in all versions of Kibana prior to 7.6.1 and 6.8.7 contain three security flaws. CVE-2019-15604 describes a Denial of Service DoS flaw in the TLS handling code of Node.js. Successful exploitation of this flaw could result in...

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 6.1.3 and 5.6.7 security update

Kibana incomplete fix for ESA-2017-23 ESA-2018-03 The fix in Kibana for ESA-2017-23 was incomplete. With X-Pack security enabled, Kibana versions before 6.1.3 and 5.6.7 have an open redirect vulnerability on the login page that would enable an attacker to craft a link that redirects to an arbitra...

Kibana 9.4.5 Security Update (ESA-2026-89)

Incorrect Authorization in Kibana Leading to Disclosure of Elastic Defend Endpoint Event Data The Elastic Security capability that suggests existing field values while a user authors endpoint policy artifacts queries Elastic Defend event data with Kibana's internal Elasticsearch account instead o...

Kibana 8.19.20 and 9.4.5 Security Update (ESA-2026-99)

Cross-Site Request Forgery in Kibana Leading to Privilege Escalation Cross-Site Request Forgery CWE-352 in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation via Cross Site Request Forgery CAPEC-62. A user who is permitted to create visualizations can save a specially crafted Vega visualization that, when i...

Kibana 8.19.20, and 9.4.5 Security Update (ESA-2026-92)

Missing Authorization in Kibana Machine Learning Leading to Cross-Space Information Disclosure and Unauthorized Data Modification Description: Missing Authorization CWE-862 in Kibana can lead to cross-space information disclosure and unauthorized data modification via Privilege Abuse CAPEC-122...

Kibana 8.19.20 and 9.4.5 Security Update (ESA-2026-88)

Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Modification of Machine Learning Trained Model Space Assignments A Kibana Machine Learning capability that removes a saved object from the current space accepts machine learning trained models as a target, but it verifies only the privileges...

Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes 3.5.0 Security Update (ESA-2026-113)

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in an Environment Variable in Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes Leading to Information Disclosure Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in an Environment Variable CWE-526 in Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes ECK can lead to information disclosure via Retrieve...

Kibana 8.19.19, 9.3.8, 9.4.4 Security Update (ESA-2026-72)

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. A low-privileged authenticated user can send a specially crafted request to a Kibana machine learning...

Elasticsearch 8.19.15, 9.2.9, 9.3.4 Security Update (ESA-2026-60)

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service Uncontrolled Resource Consumption CWE-400 in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation CAPEC-130. A user with search privileges can submit a specially crafted search request that causes a da...

Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) 2.8 Security Update

Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes ECK secret token configuration issue ESA-2023-11 Secret token configuration is never applied when using ECK =8.0. This could lead to anonymous requests to an APM Server being accepted and the data ingested into this APM deployment. Affected Versions: Elastic Cloud on...

Kibana 8.7.1 Security Updates (ESA-2023-07, ESA-2023-08)

Kibana arbitrary code execution ESA-2023-07 Kibana contains an arbitrary code execution flaw. An attacker with write access to Kibana yaml or env configuration could add a specific payload that will attempt to execute JavaScript code. This could lead to the attacker executing arbitrary commands o...

Apache Log4j2 Remote Code Execution (RCE) Vulnerability - CVE-2021-44228 - ESA-2021-31

Subject: Apache Log4j2 Vulnerability - CVE-2021-44228, CVE-2021-45046, CVE-2021-45105, CVE-2021-44832 - ESA-2021-31 ​​Note - We will update this announcement with new details as they emerge from our analysis. Please check back periodically. Update Log Dec 16, 2021 - 04:20 UTC - Update Summary: EC...

Elastic Stack 6.4.1 and 5.6.12 security update

Kibana XSS issue ESA-2018-14 Kibana versions 5.3.0 to 6.4.1 had a cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability via the source field formatter that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of other Kibana users. Affected Versions Versions afte...

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...

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 8.19.20, 9.4.5, 9.5.1 Security Update (ESA-2026-129)

Observable Discrepancy in Kibana Fleet Leading to Disclosure of Elastic Agent Elasticsearch API Keys Description: Observable Discrepancy CWE-203 in Kibana Fleet can lead to information disclosure via Excavation CAPEC-116. Fleet removes the Elasticsearch API key value of an enrolled Elastic Agent...

Kibana 8.19.20, 9.4.5 Security Update (ESA-2026-106)

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Kibana Leading to Denial of Service Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling CWE-770 in Kibana can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation CAPEC-130. An authenticated user with read-only privileges to the alerting...

Kibana 8.19.20 and 9.4.5 Security Update (ESA-2026-104)

Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity in Kibana Leading to Denial of Service Description: Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity CWE-407 in Kibana can lead to denial of service via Input Data Manipulation CAPEC-153. A specially crafted, deeply nested expression submitted to a Kibana TSVB visualization i...

Kibana 8.19.20, and 9.4.4 Security Update (ESA-2026-90)

Incorrect Authorization in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Deletion of Synthetics Private Locations Description: Incorrect Authorization CWE-863 in Kibana can lead to unauthorized deletion of Synthetics private locations via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs CAPEC-1...

Elasticsearch 8.19.19, 9.3.8, 9.4.4 Security Update (ESA-2026-75)

Uncontrolled Recursion in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service A flaw in Elasticsearch allows an authenticated user with the privileges required to invoke the simulate pipeline API endpoint to submit a request that causes a self-referential data structure to be created. When a specific...

Kibana 9.4.4 Security Update (ESA-2026-73)

Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Information Disclosure Missing Authorization CWE-862 in Kibana can lead to unauthorized cross-space information disclosure via user-supplied input that circumvents space-level access control. Affected Versions: 9.4.x: All versions from 9.4.0 up to and...

Elasticsearch 8.19.19, 9.3.8, 9.4.4 Security Update (ESA-2026-64)

Reachable Assertion in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service Reachable Assertion CWE-617 in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Input Data Manipulation CAPEC-153. A specially crafted search request containing a null value in a specific query clause causes an internal assertion to...

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 Cloud Enterprise 1.1.4 security update

Elastic Cloud Enterprise use of shared encryption key ESA-2018-09 In Elastic Cloud Enterprise ECE versions prior to 1.1.4 a default master encryption key is used in the process of granting ZooKeeper access to Elasticsearch clusters. Unless explicitly overwritten, this master key is predictable...

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 ...

Elastic Stack 5.5 Security update

Elasticsearch X-Pack Security user credentials disclosure ESA-2017-10 Elasticsearch X-Pack Security versions 5.0.0 to 5.4.3, when enabled, can result in the Elasticsearch nodes API leaking sensitive configuration information, such as the paths and passphrases of SSL keys that were configured as...

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...

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...

Elasticsearch 8.19.23, 9.4.8, 9.5.5 Security Update (ESA-2026-198)

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 request that causes the server to construct and process a deeply nested data structure with no bound on recursion depth...

Kibana 8.19.21, 9.4.6, 9.5.3 Security Update (ESA-2026-174)

Incorrect Authorization in Kibana Leading to Denial of Service Incorrect Authorization CWE-863 in Kibana can lead to denial of service via Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels CAPEC-180. Affected Versions: 8.x: All versions from 8.0.0 up to and including 8.19.20 9.x: A...

Kibana 8.19.21, 9.4.6, 9.5.3 Security Update (ESA-2026-151)

Improper Control of Generation of Code in Kibana Leading to Privilege Escalation An insufficiently validated configuration field in Kibana's Cribl integration allows an authenticated user holding Kibana Fleet management privileges to inject attacker-controlled expressions into a server-side scrip...

Kibana 9.4.6, 9.5.1 Security Update (ESA-2026-122)

Incorrect Authorization in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Modification of Data Incorrect Authorization CWE-863 in Kibana can lead to unauthorized modification of data via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs CAPEC-1. An authenticated user holding only Security Solution read...

Elasticsearch 8.19.20, 9.3.0 Security Update (ESA-2026-47)

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling CWE-770 in Elasticsearch can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation CAPEC-130. A user with elevated privileges can submit a special...

Kibana 9.4.5 Security Update (ESA-2026-97)

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Query Execution on Managed Hosts Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key CWE-639 in Kibana can lead to unauthorized query execution against Elastic Agents that are assigned to a Kibana space the requesting...

Kibana 8.19.20, 9.4.5, 9.5.1 Security Update (ESA-2026-127)

Incorrect Authorization in Kibana Fleet Leading to Privilege Escalation Description: Incorrect Authorization CWE-863 in Kibana Fleet can lead to privilege escalation via Privilege Abuse CAPEC-122. Fleet restricts some callers to managing integration policies for one specific integration. When an...

Kibana 8.19.20, 9.4.5 Security Update (ESA-2026-110)

Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Data Modification Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes CWE-915 in the case management functionality of Elastic Security in Kibana can lead to...

Kibana 8.19.20, 9.4.5 Security Update (ESA-2026-100)

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Kibana Leading to Denial of Service Description: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling CWE-770 in Kibana can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation CAPEC-130. A specially crafted, malformed payload submitted to a...

Elasticsearch 8.19.20, 9.4.5, 9.5.1 Security Update (ESA-2026-80)

Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service Elasticsearch does not validate a size value taken from a user-supplied input before that value is used to reserve memory for an internal data structure. An authenticated user holding only read privileges ca...

Elasticsearch 8.19.20, 9.4.5, 9.5.1 Security Update (ESA-2026-79)

Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service A flaw in Elasticsearch allows a low-privileged authenticated user to submit a single small request containing a forged opaque identifier. Elasticsearch decodes and deserializes the identifier before...

Elasticsearch 8.19.20, 9.4.5 Security Update (ESA-2026-133)

Uncontrolled Recursion in Elasticsearch Wildcard Matching Leading to Denial of Service Description: Uncontrolled Recursion CWE-674 in the Elasticsearch wildcard matching helper can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation CAPEC-130. The matcher used to resolve wildcard patterns agains...

Elasticsearch 8.19.20, 9.4.5, 9.5.1 Security Update (ESA-2026-118)

Uncontrolled Recursion in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service Uncontrolled Recursion CWE-674 in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Serialized Data with Nested Payloads CAPEC-230. An authenticated user holding only read privileges on a single index can submit one specially...

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...

Elasticsearch 8.19.18, 9.3.7, 9.4.4 Security Update (ESA-2026-57)

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service Uncontrolled Resource Consumption CWE-400 in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation CAPEC-130. A low-privileged authenticated user with permission to execute EQL sequence queries against ...

Elastic Security Statement for CVE-2024-3094, xz versions 5.6.0 and 5.6.1

Elastic Products are not affected by this issue. On March 29th, 2024, Elastic became aware of the malicious code planted in the xz package. Elastic has performed an investigation to identify any Elastic Products which may be impacted by this issue and we have concluded that no Elastic products us...

Elasticsearch 8.13.0 / 7.17.19 Security Update (ESA-2024-06)

Elasticsearch Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability ESA-2024-06 A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, where processing a document in a deeply nested pipeline on an ingest node could cause the Elasticsearch node to crash. Affected Versions: Elasticsearch versions on or after 7.0.0 and...