CVE-2024-37279 Kibana Broken Access Control issue
View-only users can trigger continuous alerting rule execution, potentially causing system unavailability through resource exhaustion.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-37279?
CVE-2024-37279 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, published on 13 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A flaw was discovered in Kibana, allowing view-only users of alerting to use the run_soon API making the alerting rule run continuously, potentially affecting the system availability if the alerting rule is running complex queries.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-37279?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including kibana and elk. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
kibana Bitnami | From 8.6.3 | 8.14.0 |
elk Bitnami | From 8.6.3 | 8.14.0 |
Products include Elastic Kibana.
How do I fix CVE-2024-37279?
Upgrade kibana to 8.14.0 or later.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-37279 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-37279 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Elastic Kibana
Sources
Also known as BIT-elk-2024-37279, BIT-kibana-2024-37279, GHSA-83pr-wj87-jf6x.