CVE-2022-38778 Denial of service in kibana
An authenticated user can crash the Kibana server process via a flaw in a third-party dependency, causing denial of service.
- 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-2022-38778?
CVE-2022-38778 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, published on 8 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A flaw (CVE-2022-38900) was discovered in one of Kibana’s third party dependencies, that could allow an authenticated user to perform a request that crashes the Kibana server process.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-38778?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Decode-Uri-Component Project Decode-Uri-Component, Elastic Kibana.
How do I fix CVE-2022-38778?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-38778 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2022-38778 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38778 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Elastic Kibana
Sources
Also known as GHSA-ph5g-2r58-hm46.