CVE-2023-46675

Kibana Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Description

An issue was discovered by Elastic whereby sensitive information may be recorded in Kibana logs in the event of an error or in the event where debug level logging is enabled in Kibana. Elastic has released Kibana 8.11.2 which resolves this issue. The messages recorded in the log may contain Account credentials for the kibana_system user, API Keys, and credentials of Kibana end-users, Elastic Security package policy objects which can contain private keys, bearer token, and sessions of 3rd-party integrations and finally Authorization headers, client secrets, local file paths, and stack traces. The issue may occur in any Kibana instance running an affected version that could potentially receive an unexpected error when communicating to Elasticsearch causing it to include sensitive data into Kibana error logs. It could also occur under specific circumstances when debug level logging is enabled in Kibana. Note: It was found that the fix for ESA-2023-25 in Kibana 8.11.1 for a similar issue was incomplete.

Category

8.0
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.22%
Vendor Advisory elastic.co
Affected: Elastic Kibana
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-11-2-7-17-16-security-update-esa-2023-27/349182/2 vendor advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2023-46675?
CVE-2023-46675 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2023-46675?
To fix CVE-2023-46675, 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-2023-46675 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2023-46675 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-2023-46675?
CVE-2023-46675 affects Elastic Kibana.
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