CVE-2023-31422

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    CVE-2023-31422

    Published: 26 Oct 2023Last Modified: 28 Oct 2026

    Summary: Kibana Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

    Details: An issue was discovered by Elastic whereby sensitive information is recorded in Kibana logs in the event of an error. The issue impacts only Kibana version 8.10.0 when logging in the JSON layout or when the pattern layout is configured to log the %meta pattern. Elastic has released Kibana 8.10.1 which resolves this issue. The error object recorded in the log contains request information, which can include sensitive data, such as authentication credentials, cookies, authorization headers, query params, request paths, and other metadata. Some examples of sensitive data which can be included in the logs are account credentials for kibana_system, kibana-metricbeat, or Kibana end-users.

    References: https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-10-1-security-update/343287, https://www.elastic.co/community/security, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/31xxx/CVE-2023-31422.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-31422

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- e338da74c79465dfdc204971e600342b0aa87b6b
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    8.10.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
    None
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    High