CVE-2018-17246

Q: How do I fix CVE-2018-17246?

Upgrade kibana to 6.4.3 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2018-17246 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2018-17246 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 82.3% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 100% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2018-17246?

CVE-2018-17246 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2018-17246 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for kibana (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

CRITICALEPSS 100th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Kibana versions before 6.4.3 and 5.6.13 contain an arbitrary file inclusion flaw in the Console plugin. An attacker with access to the Kibana Console API could send a request that will attempt to execute javascript code. This could possibly lead to an attacker executing arbitrary commands with permissions of the Kibana process on the host system.

CWE-73External Control of File Name or Path CWE-829

How to fix

Remediation Available

kibanaNVD

Affected:>= 6.0.0, < 6.4.3Fixed in:6.4.3CVE-2018-17246derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

82.25%probability of exploitation in 30 days

100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

Third-Party Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-73 (External Control of File Name or Path) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2022-39952	Critical	9.8	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-8517	Critical	9.8	95%	-	Fix
CVE-2025-33053	High	8.8	86%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-4634	Critical	9.8	83%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-43451	Medium	6.5	82%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-3643	High	7.3	75%	-	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2018-17246?

Upgrade kibana to 6.4.3 or later.

Is CVE-2018-17246 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2018-17246 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 82.3% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 100% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2018-17246?

CVE-2018-17246 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2018-17246 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for kibana (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.