CVE-2018-17245

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    CVE-2018-17245

    Published: 20 Dec 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Kibana versions 4.0 to 4.6, 5.0 to 5.6.12, and 6.0 to 6.4.2 contain an error in the way authorization credentials are used when generating PDF reports. If a report requests external resources plaintext credentials are included in the HTTP request that could be recovered by an external resource provider.

    References: https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-4-3-and-5-6-13-security-update/155594, https://www.elastic.co/community/security

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 253032b4a7818992af360097e3ddc1475fa7b044
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High