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Vulnerability record · CVE-2018-17245 · published 20 December 2018

CVE-2018-17245: Elastic kibana insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability

Elastic · Kibana

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 used when generating PDF reports. If a report requests external resources plaintext credentials are included in the HTTP request that could be recovered by an external resource provider.

9.8 CVSS 3.0 Critical EPSS 1.5% · top 26.4% CWE-201 · CWE-201CWE-522 · Insufficiently protected credentials
9.8CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 5.0
1.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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 used when generating PDF reports. If a report requests external resources plaintext credentials are included in the HTTP request that could be recovered by an external resource provider.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-4-3-and-5-6-13-security-update/155594 MitigationVendor Advisory
https://www.elastic.co/community/security Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-4-3-and-5-6-13-security-update/155594 MitigationVendor Advisory
https://www.elastic.co/community/security Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2018-17245), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.