CVE-2021-22151
mediumpriority · track · 17EPSS 0.007 · 53 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
It was discovered that Kibana was not validating a user supplied path, which would load .pbf files. Because of this, a malicious user could arbitrarily traverse the Kibana host to load internal files ending in the .pbf extension.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.1–4.3
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (11)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2022-0029Elasticsearch und Kibana: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2021-09-01csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Elasticsearch und Kibana ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, um Informationen offenzulegen, um einen Cross-Site Scripting Angriff durchzuführen und um Administratorrechte zu erlangen.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (7)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2021-22151/cnnvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-14-1-security-update/283077cnnvd
- https://www.elastic.co/community/securitycnnvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-14-1-security-update/283077enisa_euvd
- https://www.elastic.co/community/securityenisa_euvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-14-1-security-update/283077Vendor Advisorynvd
- https://www.elastic.co/community/securityVendor Advisorynvd
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