Kibana
CVE-2024-43707
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V14 - Data Protection Data exposure prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Collection, Discovery The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 7.7 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.78%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could access sensitive data that should not be disclosed by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Mar 28, 2026
An issue was identified in Kibana where a user without access to Fleet can view Elastic Agent policies that could contain sensitive information. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.7), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Exposure of Sensitive Information vulnerability could allow attackers to access sensitive data that should not be disclosed.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Minimize information in error messages, implement proper access controls, encrypt sensitive data at rest and in transit.
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This vulnerability is classified as Exposure of Sensitive Information (CWE-200), which allows attackers to access sensitive data that should not be disclosed. An issue was identified in Kibana where a user without access to Fleet can view Elastic Agent policies that could contain sensitive information. The nature of the sensitive information depends on the integrations enabled for the Elastic Agent and their respective versions. Affected products include: Elastic Kibana.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
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2DescriptionCVE.org
An issue was identified in Kibana where a user without access to Fleet can view Elastic Agent policies that could contain sensitive information. The nature of the sensitive information depends on the integrations enabled for the Elastic Agent and their respective versions.
Executive ViewAI
CVE-2024-43707 presents notable security risk, a information exposure vulnerability rated CVSS 7.7. This could expose sensitive information including credentials, configuration data, or user records to unauthorized parties. A patch is available and should be applied as part of regular vulnerability management.
Apply vendor patch. If immediate patching is not feasible: (1) Restrict access to affected endpoints; (2) Implement additional authorization checks; (3) Enable audit logging.
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
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Kibana versions 4.0 to 4.6, 5.0 to 5.6.12, and 6.0 to 6.4.2 contain an error in the way authorization credentials are us
A Prototype pollution vulnerability in Kibana leads to arbitrary code execution via crafted HTTP requests to machine lea
Kibana versions before 6.6.1 contain an arbitrary code execution flaw in the security audit logger. Rated critical sever
Prototype Pollution in Kibana can lead to code injection via unrestricted file upload combined with path traversal. Rate
Authorization bypass in Kibana's Fleet package installation process lets an authenticated user who holds delegated Fleet
Privilege escalation in Elastic Kibana's Agent Builder component (versions 9.4.0-9.4.3) allows authenticated low-privile
A deserialization issue in Kibana can lead to arbitrary code execution when Kibana attempts to parse a YAML document con
Kibana version 8.7.0 contains an arbitrary code execution flaw. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is re
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