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Critical · 9.1 CVE-2024-37285 EUVD-2024-36559GHSA-p9rc-m4r5-4rpr

Kibana arbitrary code execution via YAML deserialization

Published Nov 14, 2024 · Updated Nov 14, 2024 · Assigned by elastic

Description

A deserialization issue in Kibana can lead to arbitrary code execution when Kibana attempts to parse a YAML document containing a crafted payload. A successful attack requires a malicious user to have a combination of both specific Elasticsearch indices privileges https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/defining-roles.html#roles-indices-priv  and Kibana privileges https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/fleet/current/fleet-roles-and-privileges.html  assigned to them.

The following Elasticsearch indices permissions are required

* write privilege on the system indices .kibana_ingest*
* The allow_restricted_indices flag is set to true

Any of the following Kibana privileges are additionally required

* Under Fleet the All privilege is granted
* Under Integration the Read or All privilege is granted
* Access to the fleet-setup privilege is gained through the Fleet Server’s service account token

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Elastic Kibana 8.10.0 – ≤ 8.15.0 —

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