Missing Authorization Affecting kibana package, versions <8.12.1
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- published12 Jun 2025
- disclosed10 Jun 2025
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 10 Jun 2025
NewCVE-2024-43706 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade kibana to version 8.12.1 or higher.
Overview
kibana is an open source (Apache Licensed), browser-based analytics and search dashboard for Elasticsearch.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Authorization via a direct HTTP request to a Synthetic monitor endpoint. An attacker can abuse privileges by sending crafted requests.
Workaround
Users with a self-hosted deployment who cannot upgrade can disable the synthetics app OR put a block on synthetics indices:
- Disable the synthetics by adding
xpack.uptime.enabled: falseto their kibana.yml file - Put an index block on the synthetics-* indices to make them read-only (https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/index-settings/index-block)
Users on an Elastic Cloud deployment who cannot upgrade can put a block on synthetics indices:
- Put an index block on the synthetics-* indices to make them read-only (https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/index-settings/index-block)