CVE-2023-46675

What it is

An issue was discovered by Elastic whereby sensitive information may be recorded in Kibana logs in the event of an error or in the event where debug level logging is enabled in Kibana. Elastic has released Kibana 8.11.2 which resolves this issue. The messages recorded in the log may contain Account credentials for the kibana_system user, API Keys, and credentials of Kibana end-users, Elastic Security package policy objects which can contain private keys, bearer token, and sessions of 3rd-party integrations and finally Authorization headers, client secrets, local file paths, and stack traces. The issue may occur in any Kibana instance running an affected version that could potentially receive an unexpected error when communicating to Elasticsearch causing it to include sensitive data into Kibana error logs. It could also occur under specific circumstances when debug level logging is enabled in Kibana. Note: It was found that the fix for ESA-2023-25 in Kibana 8.11.1 for a similar issue was incomplete.

At a glance

Exploitability

Can be exploited from the same network segment with a low-privilege account. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.

Exploit odds

0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).

Fix

A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.

Timeline

1. 2023-12-13 07:15 UTC PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
2. 2026-06-17 06:31 UTC Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Why it ranks here

• Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
• Exploit odds: 0.7% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
• Severity: 8.0 HIGH (CVSS).
• Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.

Details

Published

2023-12-13 07:15 UTC

Last modified

2026-06-17 06:31 UTC

Exploit probability

0.7% · EPSS, next 30 days

Weakness

CWE-532 · Secrets in logs

Record status

Modified

Affected

• Elastic Kibana < 7.17.16
• Elastic Kibana < 8.11.2

Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 8.0

Attack vector

Adjacent network

Complexity

High

Privileges needed

Low

User interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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