CVE-2018-17245

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-12-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-201

Description

Kibana versions 4.0 to 4.6, 5.0 to 5.6.12, and 6.0 to 6.4.2 contain an error in the way authorization credentials are used when generating PDF reports. If a report requests external resources plaintext credentials are included in the HTTP request that could be recovered by an external resource provider.

Affected products

Kibana: from 4.0.0 through 4.6.0; from 5.0.0 through 5.6.12; from 6.0.0 through 6.4.2

References

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-4-3-and-5-6-13-security-update/155594
https://www.elastic.co/community/security
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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