CVE-2017-8443: Elastic Kibana

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In Kibana X-Pack security versions prior to 5.4.3 if a Kibana user opens a crafted Kibana URL the result could be a redirect to an improperly initialized Kibana login screen. If the user enters credentials on this screen, the credentials will appear in the URL bar. The credentials could then be viewed by untrusted parties or logged into the Kibana access logs.

Affected products

• Elastic Kibana: up to and including 5.4.2

Published 2017-06-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.