CVE-2018-17246
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 82.3% (pctl 100)
Patch early
EPSS 82.3% — above the 10% action threshold.
Description
Kibana versions before 6.4.3 and 5.6.13 contain an arbitrary file inclusion flaw in the Console plugin. An attacker with access to the Kibana Console API could send a request that will attempt to execute javascript code. This could possibly lead to an attacker executing arbitrary commands with permissions of the Kibana process on the host system.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 82.25% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-73 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2018-12-20 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| elastic | kibana |
| redhat | openshift container platform |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106285
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:3743
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-4-3-and-5-6-13-security-update/155594
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106285
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:3743
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-4-3-and-5-6-13-security-update/155594
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security
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