Low severity · published May 13, 2021
CVE-2021-22136
In Kibana versions before 7.12.0 and 6.8.15 a flaw in the session timeout was discovered where the xpack.security.session.idleTimeout setting is not being respected
3.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Kibana versions before 7.12.0 and 6.8.15 a flaw in the session timeout was discovered where the xpack.security.session.idleTimeout setting is not being respected. This was caused by background polling activities unintentionally extending authenticated users sessions, preventing a user session from timing out.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 21% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KI
Kibana · Elastic
before 6.8.15; 7.0.0 before 7.12.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22136
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-22136
Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-12-0-and-6-8-15-security-update/268125
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