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critical 9.8

CVE-2018-17246 in the critical feed json

Kibana versions before 6.4.3 and 5.6.13 contain an arbitrary file inclusion flaw in the Console plugin.

published 2018-12-20 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-9005

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
84.3%
EPSS 84.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.7%
public exploits
0
none known, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

Kibana versions before 6.4.3 and 5.6.13 contain an arbitrary file inclusion flaw in the Console plugin. An attacker with access to the Kibana Console API could send a request that will attempt to execute javascript code. This could possibly lead to an attacker executing arbitrary commands with permissions of the Kibana process on the host system.

Patch / fix

  • elastic kibana 5.6.13, 6.4.3
  • cri-o openshift 3.11 1.11.10-1.rhaos3.11.git42c86f0.el7
  • kibana openshift 3.11 5.6.13-1.el7
  • jenkins openshift 3.11 2.138.2.1542054911-1.el7
  • prometheus openshift 3.11 3.11.51-1.git.5023.0ad933c.el7
  • atomic-openshift openshift 3.11 3.11.51-1.git.0.1560686.el7
  • jenkins-2-plugins openshift 3.11 3.11.1542061886-1.el7
  • openshift-ansible openshift 3.11 3.11.51-2.git.0.51c90a3.el7
  • atomic-openshift-pod openshift 3.11 3.11.51-1.git.0.1560686.el7

red hat advisories RHBA-2018:3743

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-17246 updated cvss 6.3

kibana: Arbitrary file inclusion vulnerability in the Console plugin

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 kibana 5.6.13-1.el7, jenkins 2.138.2.1542054911-1.el7, jenkins-2-plugins 3.11.1542061886-1.el7, cri-o 1.11.10-1.rhaos3.11.git42c86f0.el7, prometheus 3.11.51-1.git.5023.0ad933c.el7, atomic-openshift 3.11.51-1.git.0.1560686.el7, +35 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2018:3743
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.2 kibana Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.3 kibana Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.4 kibana Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.5 kibana Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.6 kibana Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.7 kibana
    +6 more products
    Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9 kibana Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10 kibana Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 kibana Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0 kibana Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) Operational Tools kibana Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) Operational Tools kibana
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

84.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Elastic Kibana

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path
  • CWE-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

References

Sources

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