Kibana Path Traversal: Arbitrary .pbf File Access
CVE-2021-22151 Published on November 22, 2023
Kibana path traversal issue
It was discovered that Kibana was not validating a user supplied path, which would load .pbf files. Because of this, a malicious user could arbitrarily traverse the Kibana host to load internal files ending in the .pbf extension.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2021-22151 can be exploited with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality, a small impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Directory traversal Vulnerability?
The software uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the software does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.
CVE-2021-22151 has been classified to as a Directory traversal vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2021-22151
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Affected Versions
Elastic Kibana:- Version 7.9.0 and below 7.14.0 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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