VDB-220464 · CVE-2022-38778 · EUVD-2022-41341

Elastic Kibana up to 7.17.8/8.6.0 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Elastic Kibana up to 7.17.8/8.6.0. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2022-38778. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Elastic Kibana up to 7.17.8/8.6.0. Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

A flaw (CVE-2022-38900) was discovered in one of Kibana’s third party dependencies, that could allow an authenticated user to perform a request that crashes the Kibana server process.

The weakness was shared 02/09/2023. The advisory is shared for download at discuss.elastic.co. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-38778 since 08/26/2022. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

Upgrading to version 7.17.9 or 8.6.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2022-41341). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Vendor

Elastic

Name

Kibana

Version

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Vendor Base Score (Elastic): 6.5
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NVD Base Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: Kibana 7.17.9/8.6.1

Timelineinfo

08/26/2022 🔍
02/09/2023 +167 days 🔍
02/09/2023 +0 days 🔍
06/24/2026 +1231 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: discuss.elastic.co
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-38778 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-38778
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-220464
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/09/2023 07:38
Updated: 06/24/2026 05:47
Changes: 02/09/2023 07:38 (37), 02/09/2023 16:00 (15), 03/09/2023 08:11 (11), 06/24/2026 05:47 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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