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...

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 8.19.21, 9.4.6, 9.5.3 Security Update (ESA-2026-178)

Incorrect Authorization in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Configuration Modification Incorrect Authorization CWE-863 in Kibana can lead to unauthorized configuration modification via Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels CAPEC-180. Affected Versions: Fixes should be...

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 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 9.4.5 Security Update (ESA-2026-82)

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in Kibana Agent Builder Leading to Unauthorized Data Modification Kibana Agent Builder A2A JSON-RPC API endpoint derives the identifier of a stored conversation from a user-supplied input, and the ownership check on that identifier does not...

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...

Kibana 8.19.20 and 9.4.5 Security Update (ESA-2026-105)

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 Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs CAPEC-1. An authenticated user who is...

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, 9.4.5 Security Update (ESA-2026-137)

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. A query expression accepted by a connector reporting operation was...

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...

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 9.3.8, 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...

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...

Kibana 7.17.22 / 8.14.0 Security Update (ESA-2024-17)

Kibana RCE due to chromium type confusion ESA-2024-17 On March 26, 2024, a type confusion vulnerability was found in WebAssembly in Google Chrome version prior to 123.0.6312.86 which allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. Kibana includes a bundled version of...

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...

Elastic Security Statement for OpenSSL CVE-2022-3786 and CVE-2022-3602, OpenSSL version 3.0.7

Elastic Products are not affected by this issue. On Oct 25, 2022, Elastic became aware of the Forthcoming OpenSSL 3.0.7 Release announcement, which was made available on Nov 1, 2022. The security issues addressed in this release do not affect OpenSSL versions before 3.0. Elastic has performed an...

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 7.9.3 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...

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 ...

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...

Elastic Stack 5.5.1 and Kibana 4.6.5 security update

Kibana Node.js security flaw ESA-2017-14 The version of Node.js shipped in all versions of Kibana prior to 5.5.1 contains a Denial of Service flaw in it's HashTable random seed. This flaw could allow a remote attacker to consume resources within Node.js preventing Kibana from servicing requests...

Logstash 5.0.1 released with a security patch

Hi all, we would like to announce that Logstash 5.0.1 has been released with an important security patch. Prior to Logstash version 5.0.1, Elasticsearch Output plugin when updating connections after sniffing, would log to file HTTP basic auth credentials. We advise our users using Logstash and...

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...

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...

Logstash CSV Output Vulnerability - CVE pending

Summary: Logstash 2.2 and prior versions are vulnerable to a formula based injection, when using the CSV output plugin. This plugin allows users to export data in comma separated values and is susceptible to an attack if the values contained a spreadsheet formula. This vulnerability is not presen...

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...

Filebeat 8.19.18, 9.3.1 Security Update (ESA-2026-165)

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling CWE-770 in Filebeat can lead to a denial of service via Excessive Allocation CAPEC-130. An attacker able to reach the Filebeat HTTP ingestion endpoint could send specially crafted compressed requests that exhaust the memory resources of the...

Kibana 8.19.16, 9.3.5, 9.4.2 Security Update (ESA-2026-160)

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Deletion of Privileged Resources Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory 'Path Traversal' CWE-22 in Kibana can lead to the unauthorized deletion of privileged resources via Path...

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 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-2026-87)

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Kibana Leading to Disclosure of Fleet Proxy Credentials A lower privileged user who holds only the privilege to read agent policies can read the entire configuration of a configured Fleet proxy. This would normally require the Fleet...

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 9.4.4 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 8.19.20, 9.4.5, 9.5.1 Security Update (ESA-2026-78)

Uncontrolled Recursion in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service A flaw in Elasticsearch allows a low-privileged authenticated user to submit a single request containing a crafted user-supplied input. A specific internal component validates the input using a recursive routine and applies no...

Elasticsearch 8.19.20, 9.4.5, 9.5.1 Security Update (ESA-2026-120)

Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value in Elasticsearch Highlighting Leading to Denial of Service Elasticsearch does not enforce an upper bound on a user-supplied count accepted by a search highlighting option, and the allocation derived from that count is not accounted against any circuit...

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 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-2026-68)

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 8.19.19, 9.3.8, 9.4.4 Security Update (ESA-2026-63)

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 low-privileged user can exploit an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in...

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...

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...

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...

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 7.5.0 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...

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...

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...