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CVE-2018-17245False Positive(elastic / kibana)

LOWCVSS 9.8 · CRITICAL

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

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.

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0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Vendor / third-party advisories
Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-201CWE-522

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • kibana

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • False Positive: 1 classified signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
elastic
Products
kibana

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-07-27: 1Technical Details · 2026-07-27: 107-27
Signal classification1 categories
False Positive
1100.0%
Referenced assets1 URL
Full discourse1 post
  • ™@Theo_Marie
    False Positive

    @CERT_FR ⚠️ Je pense que vous avez mentionné une CVE de 2018 par erreur dans le bulletin ? Et ça change tout car c’est une CVSS 9.8 La CVE-2018-17245 a été captée par votre outil de scraping car elle est dans les “Related topics” du bulletin de l’éditeur https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-19-9-3-8-9-4-4-security-update-esa-2026-66/388568

    Post summary

    The tweet argues that CVE‑2018‑17245 was incorrectly mentioned in a bulletin, noting its CVSS 9.8 score but providing no technical or exploit details.

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