CVE-2018-3819

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-03-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-601

Description

The fix in Kibana for ESA-2017-23 was incomplete. With X-Pack security enabled, Kibana versions before 6.1.3 and 5.6.7 have an open redirect vulnerability on the login page that would enable an attacker to craft a link that redirects to an arbitrary website.

Affected products

Kibana: before 5.6.7; from 6.0.0 before 6.1.3 — fixed in 5.6.7, 6.1.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Kibana 5.6.7, 6.1.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-1-3-and-5-6-7-security-update/117683
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-1-3-and-5-6-7-security-update/117683

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