CVE-2022-23709 Missing authorization in kibana
Users with Read access to Uptime can modify or disable alerting rules, bypassing intended authorization restrictions in Kibana.
- 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-2022-23709?
CVE-2022-23709 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, published on 3 Mar 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A flaw was discovered in Kibana in which users with Read access to the Uptime feature could modify alerting rules. A user with this privilege would be able to create new alerting rules or overwrite existing ones. However, any new or modified rules would not be enabled, and a user with this privilege could not modify alerting connectors. This effectively means that Read users could disable existing alerting rules.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-23709?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Elastic Kibana.
How do I fix CVE-2022-23709?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-23709 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-2022-23709 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23709 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Elastic Kibana
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6mp6-6x9r-hvp3.