Denial of service in Kibana

1) Improper control of interaction frequency

EUVDB-ID: #VU91262

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-37279

CWE-ID: CWE-799 - Improper Control of Interaction Frequency

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to the application does not limit the number of requests that a view-only user can send to the run_soon API. A remote user can continuously run complex queries and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Kibana: 8.7.0 - 8.13.4

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:kibana:8.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:kibana:8.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:kibana:8.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:kibana:8.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:kibana:8.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:kibana:8.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:kibana:8.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:kibana:8.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:kibana:8.13.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-14-0-security-update-esa-2024-15/360887

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.