Incorrect permission assignment for critical resource in Kibana - CVE-2019-7618
Published: October 1, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU35199
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-7618
CWE-ID: CWE-732
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Elastic Stack
Affected software:
Kibana
Kibana
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.
A local file disclosure flaw was found in Elastic Code versions 7.3.0, 7.3.1, and 7.3.2. If a malicious code repository is imported into Code it is possible to read arbitrary files from the local filesystem of the Kibana instance running Code with the permission of the Kibana system user.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-7618
Install update from vendor's website.