CVE-2016-10364 Missing authorization in Elastic X-Pack Security
Authenticated users can access advanced settings and short URL services without proper permission checks when X-Pack is installed.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-10364?
CVE-2016-10364 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, published on 16 Jun 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
With X-Pack installed, Kibana versions 5.0.0 and 5.0.1 were not properly authenticating requests to advanced settings and the short URL service, any authenticated user could make requests to those services regardless of their own permissions.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10364?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Elastic Kibana.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10364?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-10364 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2016-10364 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10364 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Elastic Kibana
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vhh5-g73h-79g9.