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 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...

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...

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...

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 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 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 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...

Logstash SSL/TLS FREAK Vulnerability CVE-2015-5378

Logstash 1.5.2 and prior versions are vulnerable to a SSL/TLS security issue called the FREAK attack. If you are using the Lumberjack input, FREAK allows an attacker to successfully implement a man in the middle attack, intercepting communication between the Logstash Forwarder agent and Logstash...

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 remote code execution CVE-2015-5377

Summary Elasticsearch versions prior to 1.6.1 are vulnerable to an engineered attack on its transport protocol that enables remote code execution. This issue is related to the Groovy announcement in CVE-2015-3253. Deployments are vulnerable even when Groovy dynamic scripting is disabled. We have...

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...

Logstash File Output Vulnerability CVE-2015-4152

Summary: Logstash versions 1.4.2 and prior are vulnerable to a directory traversal attack that allows an attacker to over-write files on the server running Logstash. This vulnerability is not present in the initial installation of Logstash. The vulnerability is exposed when the file output plugin...

Elasticsearch Engineered Attack Vulnerability CVE-2015-4165

Summary: Elasticsearch versions 1.0.0 - 1.5.2 are vulnerable to an engineered attack on other applications on the system. The snapshot API may be used indirectly to place snapshot metadata files into locations that are writeable by the user running the Elasticsearch process. It is possible to...

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