#VU51711 Insufficient Session Expiration in Kibana - CVE-2021-22136
Published: March 25, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU51711
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22136
CWE-ID: CWE-613
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Kibana
Kibana
Software vendor:
Elastic Stack
Elastic Stack
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient session expiration issue, as xpack.security.session.idleTimeout setting is not being respected. A remote non-authenticated attacker can obtain or guess session token and gain unauthorized access to session that belongs to another user.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.