CVE-2019-13423

Description

Search Guard Kibana Plugin versions before 5.6.8-7 and before 6.x.y-12 had an issue that an authenticated Kibana user could impersonate as kibanaserver user when providing wrong credentials when all of the following conditions a-c are true: a) Kibana is configured to use Single-Sign-On as authentication method, one of Kerberos, JWT, Proxy, Client certificate. b) The kibanaserver user is configured to use HTTP Basic as the authentication method. c) Search Guard is configured to use an SSO authentication domain and HTTP Basic at the same time

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.25%
Vendor Advisory search-guard.com Vendor Advisory search-guard.com
Affected: floragunn Search Guard Kibana Plugin
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://search-guard.com/cve-advisory/ vendor advisory
https://docs.search-guard.com/6.x-25/changelog-kibana-6.x-12 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-13423?
CVE-2019-13423 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-13423?
To fix CVE-2019-13423, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-13423 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2019-13423 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2019-13423?
CVE-2019-13423 affects floragunn Search Guard Kibana Plugin.
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