Kibana 8.19.20, 9.3.5, 9.4.2 Security Update (ESA-2026-136)

Uncaught Exception in Kibana Cases Leading to Denial of Service Uncaught Exception CWE-248 in Kibana Cases can lead to denial of service via Input Data Manipulation CAPEC-153. Malformed link syntax stored in a case comment was not rejected or sanitized when the comment was later formatted for...

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...

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 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 2.3.3 Elasticsearch Output Vulnerability

Hi all, we would like to announce a security vulnerability we discovered in our testing. Logstash 2.3.4 has been released with a patch to fix this. Issue Prior to version 2.3.4, Elasticsearch Output plugin would log to file HTTP authorization headers which could contain sensitive information...

Elasticsearch 8.19.21, 9.4.6, 9.5.2 Security Update (ESA-2026-196)

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, deeply nested request submitted to the aggregation feature of the search API. Elasticsearch contains an uncontrolled recursio...

Elasticsearch 8.19.23, 9.4.8, 9.5.5 Security Update (ESA-2026-195)

Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value CWE-789 in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation CAPEC-130. An authenticated user with connector management privileges could cause t...

Elastic Agent / Endpoint 8.19.22, 9.4.8, and 9.5.5 Security Update (ESA-2026-194)

Uncaught Exception in Elastic Endpoint Leading to Denial of Service Uncaught Exception CWE-248 in Elastic Endpoint can lead to denial of service via a specially crafted file name. When Elastic Defend's Elastic Endpoint component processes a file name under certain system locale configurations...

Elasticsearch 8.19.19, 9.3.8, 9.4.4 Security Update (ESA-2026-188)

Incorrect Authorization in Elasticsearch Leading to Unauthorized Data Stream Modification Incorrect Authorization CWE-863 in Elasticsearch can lead to unauthorized data stream modification via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs CAPEC-1. An authenticated user with sufficient...

Elasticsearch 8.18.0, 9.0.0 Security Update (ESA-2026-111)

Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value CWE-789 in the ES|QL query processing of Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation CAPEC-130. An authenticated user able to submit ES|QL...

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...

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...

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...

Elasticsearch 8.19.22, 9.4.7, 9.5.4 Security Update (ESA-2026-197)

Incorrect Authorization in Elasticsearch Leading to Privilege Escalation Incorrect Authorization CWE-863 in Elasticsearch can lead to Privilege Escalation via a delegated administrative privilege whose scope is not fully enforced during authorization checks. Elasticsearch contains an incorrect...

Kibana 9.4.0 Security Update (ESA-2026-191)

Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Information Disclosure Missing Authorization CWE-862 in Kibana can lead to information disclosure via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs CAPEC-1. An internal API surface within the Metrics Experience feature did not enforce a...

Elasticsearch 8.19.23, 9.4.8, 9.5.5 Security Update (ESA-2026-185)

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 can submit a specially crafted query that causes...

Kibana 8.19.19, 9.3.5 Security Update (ESA-2026-48)

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 a denial of service via Excessive Allocation CAPEC-130. An authenticated user can submit a specially crafted request that...

Kibana 8.19.20 and 9.4.5 Security Update (ESA-2026-98)

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 a denial of service via Excessive Allocation CAPEC-130. A specially crafted request submitted by an authenticated user wit...

Elasticsearch 8.19.20, 9.4.5, 9.5.1 Security Update (ESA-2026-116)

Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value in Elasticsearch Leading to Denial of Service Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value CWE-789 in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation CAPEC-130. An authenticated user holding only read privileges on a single index can...

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...

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...

Protect your data from ransom attacks

I wanted to bring attention to two blog posts we have done recently in response to the recent set of data ransom attacks affecting Elasticsearch and other systems. The two are: For Elasticsearch: Protecting Against Attacks that Hold Your Data for Ransom For Kibana: Guarding Kibana from Data...

Kibana 4.6.2 released with a security fix for an XSS vulnerability

Today, we've published Kibana 4.6.2 as a security release with a fix for an XSS vulnerability with field formatters. Any users of Kibana versions 4.3 to 4.6 are encouraged to update to 4.6.2 immediately. Kibana version 4.1.11 is not affected. Kibana installs on Elastic Cloud have been updated...

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 8.19.17, 9.3.0 Security Update (ESA-2026-31)

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 a denial of service via Excessive Allocation CAPEC-130. An authenticated user with low-level permissions could submit a...

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 5.0.2 released with a fix for improper authentication

With X-Pack installed, operations in the Advanced Settings panel of the Management tab and operations from the short URL service were performed as the "Kibana Server" user regardless of the user that is currently authenticated. As a result, a user that was defined as read-only could make changes ...

Logstash 2.3.2 Vulnerability with Netflow codec plugin

Hi all, we've published ESA-2016-06 for a vulnerability in netflow codec plugin for Logstash 2.3.2. Thanks to Jorrit Folmer maintainer of netflow codec for reporting and fixing this issue. Details below: Vulnerability Summary: In Logstash versions prior to 2.3.3, when using the Netflow Codec...

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...

Kibana 9.4.6 Security Update (ESA-2026-84)

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 a denial of service via Excessive Allocation CAPEC-130. An authenticated user holding only low, read-level Agent Builder...