7.2

CVE-2021-22150: elastic kibana Code Injection

CVSS: 7.2v3.1HighModified
Published 22-11-2023Last modified 02-12-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-22150 is a high (CVSS 7.2) Code Injection vulnerability in elastic kibana. EPSS estimates a 1.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.2/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.15%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 22-11-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 02-12-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

It was discovered that a user with Fleet admin permissions could upload a malicious package. Due to using an older version of the js-yaml library, this package would be loaded in an insecure manner, allowing an attacker to execute commands on the Kibana server.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.15%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

67%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.15% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.15%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Elastic1 product
  • kibana≥ 7.10.2, < 7.14.0 | ≥ 7.10.2, < 7.14.1

1 vendor · 1 product

References

2 links