CVE-2016-1000219

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-06-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-285

Description

Kibana before 4.5.4 and 4.1.11 when a custom output is configured for logging in, cookies and authorization headers could be written to the log files. This information could be used to hijack sessions of other users when using Kibana behind some form of authentication such as Shield.

Affected products

Kibana: from 4.1.0 before 4.1.11; from 4.5.0 before 4.5.4 — fixed in 4.1.11, 4.5.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Kibana 4.1.11, 4.5.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99178
https://www.elastic.co/community/security
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99178
https://www.elastic.co/community/security

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