KibanaApplication · Elastic
CVE-2022-23711
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA vulnerability in Kibana could expose sensitive information related to Elastic Stack monitoring in the Kibana page source. Elastic Stack monitoring features provide a way to keep a pulse on the health and performance of your Elasticsearch cluster. Authentication with a vulnerable Kibana instance is not required to view the exposed information. The Elastic Stack monitoring exposure only impacts users that have set any of the optional monitoring.ui.elasticsearch.* settings in order to configure Kibana as a remote UI for Elastic Stack Monitoring. The same vulnerability in Kibana could expose other non-sensitive application-internal information in the page source.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceAn information disclosure vulnerability in Kibana exposes sensitive Elastic Stack monitoring configuration (monitoring.ui.elasticsearch.* settings) in the page source without requiring authentication. Only users who have configured the optional monitoring.ui.elasticsearch.* settings are affected.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
KibanaApplication
>= 7.2.1, < 7.17.3>= 8.0.0, < 8.1.3CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed Kibana versionCheck the Kibana version by inspecting the package.json file in the Kibana installation directory, or run 'kibana --version' if available, or check the Kibana about page in the web UIAffected if Version is >= 7.2.1 and < 7.17.3, or >= 8.0.0 and < 8.1.3
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Locate Kibana configuration fileFind the kibana.yml configuration file, typically located in the config directory of the Kibana installation (e.g., /etc/kibana/kibana.yml, or <kibana_home>/config/kibana.yml)Affected if Configuration file exists and is accessible
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Verify monitoring configuration in Kibana YAMLInspect the kibana.yml for any monitoring.ui.elasticsearch.* key-value pairs - these may appear as plain text values including usernames, passwords, API keys, or URLs that could be exposedAffected if Sensitive values (credentials, API keys, internal URLs) are present in monitoring.ui.elasticsearch.* settings
A user is affected if their Kibana version falls within the vulnerable ranges AND they have configured any monitoring.ui.elasticsearch.* settings in their configuration file, as these settings could be exposed in unauthenticated page source.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped7.17.38.1.3
Upgrade Kibana to the patched version. If immediate upgrading is not feasible, review and consider disabling the monitoring.ui.elasticsearch.* settings until the patch can be applied.
Kibana 7.17.3+ or 8.1.3+ (depending on your major version branch)
- Identify the currently installed Kibana version using `kibana --version` or the Kibana management UI
- For Kibana 7.x versions (7.2.1 <= version < 7.17.3): Plan an upgrade to Kibana 7.17.3 or later
- For Kibana 8.x versions (8.0.0 <= version < 8.1.3): Plan an upgrade to Kibana 8.1.3 or later
- Review the Elastic Stack upgrade documentation for your specific version path to ensure compatibility
- Before upgrading in production, test the upgrade in a staging environment
- Ensure plugin compatibility with the target Kibana version before upgrading
- Perform a backup of Kibana configuration and data
- Execute the upgrade following standard Elastic upgrade procedures
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
Fix this in Kibana
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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