CVE-2024-37281 Kibana Denial of Service issue
A user with Viewer role can crash the Kibana instance by sending maliciously crafted requests to a specific endpoint.
- 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-2024-37281?
CVE-2024-37281 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, published on 30 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in Kibana where a user with Viewer role could cause a Kibana instance to crash by sending a large number of maliciously crafted requests to a specific endpoint.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-37281?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including kibana and elk. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
kibana Bitnami | From 7.0.0 | 7.17.23, 8.14.0 |
elk Bitnami | From 7.0.0 | 7.17.23, 8.14.0 |
Products include Elastic Kibana.
How do I fix CVE-2024-37281?
Upgrade kibana to a fixed version for your release line: 7.17.23 or 8.14.0.
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-2024-37281 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-37281 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Elastic Kibana
Sources
Also known as BIT-elk-2024-37281, BIT-kibana-2024-37281, GHSA-x586-4jjm-7hc5.