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CVE-2016-1000219

Kibana before 4.5.4 and 4.1.11 when a custom output is configured for logging in, cookies and...

7.5 High

Kibana before 4.5.4 and 4.1.11 when a custom output is configured for logging in, cookies and authorization headers could be written to the log files. This information could be used to hijack sessions of other users when using Kibana behind some form of authentication such as Shield.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

2.04%Up 1.2 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

Kibana before 4.5.4 and 4.1.11 when a custom output is configured for logging in, cookies and authorization headers could be written to the log files. This information could be used to hijack sessions of other users when using Kibana behind some form of authentication such as Shield.

Record
CVE-2016-1000219
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-285
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Kibana before 4.5.4 and 4.1.11 when a custom output is configured for logging in, cookies and authorization headers could be written to the log files. This information could be used to hijack sessions of other users when using Kibana behind some form of authentication such as Shield.

Record
CVE-2016-1000219
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-1163 No score

Kibana before 4.5.4 and 4.1.11 when a custom output is configured for logging in, cookies and authorization headers could be written to the log files. This information could be used to hijack sessions of other users when using Kibana behind some form of authentication such as Shield.

Record
EUVD-2016-1163
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q36m-wm9g-699v 7.5

Kibana before 4.5.4 and 4.1.11 when a custom output is configured for logging in, cookies and...

Kibana before 4.5.4 and 4.1.11 when a custom output is configured for logging in, cookies and authorization headers could be written to the log files. This information could be used to hijack sessions of other users when using Kibana behind some form of authentication such as Shield.

Record
GHSA-q36m-wm9g-699v
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness
CWE-285
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.5

Kibana before 4.5.4 and 4.1.11 when a custom output is configured for logging in, cookies and authorization headers could be written to the log files. This information could be used to hijack sessions of other users when using Kibana behind some form of authentication such as Shield.

Record
CVE-2016-1000219
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2016:1836 5.4

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise Kibana security update

Record
RHSA-2016:1836
CVSS 3.0
5.4 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
kibana
Red Hat:openshift:3.1::el7
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:4.1.11-1.el7
0:4.1.11-1.el7
kibana-debuginfo
Red Hat:openshift:3.1::el7
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:4.1.11-1.el7
0:4.1.11-1.el7
openshift-elasticsearch-plugin
Red Hat:openshift:3.1::el7
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:0.16.0.redhat_1-1.el7
0:0.16.0.redhat_1-1.el7
kibana
Red Hat:openshift:3.2::el7
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:4.1.11-1.el7
0:4.1.11-1.el7
kibana-debuginfo
Red Hat:openshift:3.2::el7
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:4.1.11-1.el7
0:4.1.11-1.el7
openshift-elasticsearch-plugin
Red Hat:openshift:3.2::el7
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:0.16.0.redhat_1-1.el7
0:0.16.0.redhat_1-1.el7

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-1000219 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Elastic Kibana, published June 16, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.04%, the 81st percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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