Elastic Kibana 8.12.0 HTTP Request improper authorization

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Elastic Kibana 8.12.0. Impacted is an unknown function of the component HTTP Request Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to improper authorization. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-43706. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Elastic Kibana 8.12.0 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component HTTP Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Improper authorization in Kibana can lead to privilege abuse via a direct HTTP request to a Synthetic monitor endpoint.

The advisory is available at discuss.elastic.co. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-43706 since 08/15/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1548.002 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 8.12.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Elastic

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• Kibana

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• 8.12.0

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• open-source

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