An Elastic Security Advisory (ESA) is a notice from Elastic to its users of a new Elasticsearch vulnerability. The vendor assigns both a CVE and an ESA identifier to each advisory along with a summary and remediation details. When Elastic receives an issue, they evaluate it and, if the vendor decides it is a vulnerability, work to fix it before releasing a remediation in a timeframe that matches the severity. We’ve compiled a list of some of the most recent vulnerabilities, and exactly what you need to do to fix them.
ESA ID: ESA-2020-12
CVE ID: CVE-2020-7019
A field disclosure flaw was found in Elasticsearch when running a scrolling search with Field Level Security. If a user runs the same query another more privileged user recently ran, the scrolling search can leak fields that should be hidden. This could result in an attacker gaining additional permissions against a restricted index.
Upgrade to Elasticsearch version 7.9.0 or 6.8.12.
ESA ID: ESA-2020-10
CVE ID: CVE-2020-7017
The region map visualization in Kibana contains a stored XSS flaw. An attacker who is able to edit or create a region map visualization could obtain sensitive information or perform destructive actions on behalf of Kibana users who view the region map visualization.
Users should upgrade to Kibana version 7.8.1 or 6.8.11. If you’re unable to upgrade. you can set xpack.maps.enabled: false, region_map.enabled: false and tile_map.enabled: false in kibana.yml to disable map visualizations.
Users running version 6.7.0 or later have a reduced risk from this XSS vulnerability when Kibana is configured to use the default Content Security Policy (CSP) . While the CSP prevents XSS, it does not mitigate the underlying HTML injection vulnerability.
ESA ID: ESA-2020-09
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7016
Kibana versions before 6.8.11 and 7.8.1 contain a Denial of Service (DoS) flaw in Timelion. An attacker can construct a URL that when viewed by a Kibana user, can lead to the Kibana process consuming large amounts of CPU and becoming unresponsive.
Users should upgrade to Kibana version 7.8.1 or 6.8.11. Users unable to upgrade can disable Timelion by setting timelion.enabled to false in the kibana.yml configuration file.
ESA ID: ESA-2020-08
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7015
The TSVB visualization in Kibana contains a stored XSS flaw. An attacker who is able to edit or create a TSVB visualization could allow the attacker to obtain sensitive information from, or perform destructive actions, on behalf of Kibana users who edit the TSVB visualization.
Users should upgrade to Kibana version 7.7.1 or 6.8.10. Users unable to upgrade can disable TSVB by setting metrics.enabled: false in the kibana.yml file.
ESA ID: ESA-2020-07
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7014
The fix for CVE-2020-7009 was found to be incomplete. Elasticsearch versions from 6.7.0 to 6.8.8 and 7.0.0 to 7.6.2 contain a privilege escalation flaw, if an attacker is able to create API keys and also authentication tokens. An attacker who is able to generate an API key and an authentication token can perform a series of steps that result in an authentication token being generated with elevated privileges.
Users should upgrade to Elasticsearch version 7.7.0 or 6.8.9. Users who are unable to upgrade can mitigate this flaw by disabling API keys by setting xpack.security.authc.api_key.enabled to false in the elasticsearch.yml file.
ESA ID: ESA-2020-06
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7013
Kibana versions before 6.8.9 and 7.7.0 contain a prototype pollution flaw in TSVB. An authenticated attacker with privileges to create TSVB visualizations could insert data that would cause Kibana to execute arbitrary code. This could possibly lead to an attacker executing code with the permissions of the Kibana process on the host system.
Users should upgrade to Kibana version 7.7.0 or 6.8.9. Users unable to upgrade can disable TSVB by setting ‘metrics.enabled: false’ in the kibana.yml file. Elastic Cloud Kibana versions are immune from this fault.
ESA ID: ESA-2020-05
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7012
Kibana versions between 6.7.0 to 6.8.8 and 7.0.0 to 7.6.2 contain a prototype pollution flaw in the Upgrade Assistant. An authenticated attacker with privileges to write to the Kibana index could insert data that would cause Kibana to execute arbitrary code. This could possibly lead to an attacker executing code with the permissions of the Kibana process on the host system.
Users should upgrade to Kibana version 7.7.0 or 6.8.9. Users unable to upgrade can disable the Upgrade Assistant using the instructions below. Upgrade Assistant can be disabled by setting the following options in Kibana:
upgrade_assistant.enabled: false in the kibana.yml file. xpack.upgrade_assistant.enabled: false in the kibana.yml fileThis flaw is mitigated by default in all Elastic Cloud Kibana versions.
ESA ID: ESA-2020-02
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7009
Elasticsearch versions from 6.7.0 to 6.8.7 and 7.0.0 to 7.6.1 contain a privilege escalation flaw if an attacker is able to create API keys. An attacker who is able to generate an API key can perform a series of steps that result in an API key being generated with elevated privileges.
Users should upgrade to Elasticsearch version 7.6.2 or 6.8.8. Users who are unable to upgrade can mitigate this flaw by disabling API keys by setting xpack.security.authc.api_key.enabled to false in the elasticsearch.yml file.
ESA ID: ESA-2020-01
CVE-IDs:
The version of Node.js shipped in all versions of Kibana prior to 7.6.1 and 6.8.7 contain three security flaws. CVE-2019-15604 describes a Denial of Service (DoS) flaw in the TLS handling code of Node.js. Successful exploitation of this flaw could result in Kibana crashing. CVE-2019-15606 and CVE-2019-15605 describe flaws in how Node.js handles malformed HTTP headers. These malformed headers could result in a HTTP request smuggling attack when Kibana is running behind a proxy vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling attacks.
Remediation
Administrators running Kibana in an environment with untrusted users should upgrade to version 7.6.1 or 6.8.7. There is no workaround for the DoS issue. It may be possible to mitigate the HTTP request smuggling issues on the proxy server. Users should consult their proxy vendor for instructions on how to mitigate HTTP request smuggling attacks.
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