CVE-2018-17246

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 84.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-12-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-73

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.

Affected products

Kibana: from 5.0.0 before 5.6.13; from 6.0.0 before 6.4.3 — fixed in 5.6.13, 6.4.3
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18: 3.11

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Kibana 5.6.13, 6.4.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

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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