CVE-2019-13423

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 23, 2019 at 01:30 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:16 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSearch Guard

Using Search Guard Kibana Plugin by floragunn?

Get instant alerts when new vulnerabilities affect Search Guard Kibana Plugin - before attackers find them.

Real-time alertsTrack your software stackFree plan available
Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%

Description

Search Guard Kibana Plugin versions before 5.6.8-7 and before 6.x.y-12 had an issue that an authenticated Kibana user could impersonate as kibanaserver user when providing wrong credentials when all of the following conditions a-c are true: a) Kibana is configured to use Single-Sign-On as authentication method, one of Kerberos, JWT, Proxy, Client certificate. b) The kibanaserver user is configured to use HTTP Basic as the authentication method. c) Search Guard is configured to use an SSO authentication domain and HTTP Basic at the same time

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 5.6.8-7v < 6.x.y-126.1.0-8 ≤ v < 6.2.3-12
Affected range stops below 5.6.8-7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 6.2.3-12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 6.x.y-12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-287NVD-CWE-noinfo

Get alerted

Stop reading CVE feeds looking for your own stack

Track the products you run and VulnTracker tells you when a new CVE affects them — with what is known about fixing it, and nothing about the rest.

Free plan, no card