CVE-2025-37728 Kibana Insufficiently Protected Credentials in the CrowdStrike Connector
A malicious user can leak CrowdStrike credentials by accessing cached connector data from another Kibana space.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-37728?
CVE-2025-37728 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, published on 7 Oct 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Insufficiently Protected Credentials in the Crowdstrike connector can lead to Crowdstrike credentials being leaked. A malicious user can access cached credentials from a Crowdstrike connector in another space by creating and running a Crowdstrike connector in a space to which they have access.
Weakness: CWE-522
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-37728?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including kibana and elk.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
kibana Bitnami | All versions | 8.18.8, 8.19.5, 9.0.8, 9.1.5 |
elk Bitnami | All versions | 8.18.8, 8.19.5, 9.0.8, 9.1.5 |
How do I fix CVE-2025-37728?
Upgrade kibana to a fixed version for your release line: 8.18.8, 8.19.5, 9.0.8 or 9.1.5.
Is CVE-2025-37728 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-37728 exists.
Sources
Also known as BIT-elk-2025-37728, BIT-kibana-2025-37728, GHSA-58ch-j8rc-9wfq, MINI-4ff4-rj77-cx37, MINI-f36r-m38p-hqcq, MINI-px32-5fg3-4h57 and 2 more.