title: Kibana Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
description: An issue was discovered by Elastic whereby sensitive information may be recorded in Kibana logs in the event of an error. Elastic has released Kibana 8.11.1 which resolves this issue. The error message recorded in the log may contain account credentials for the kibana_system user, API Keys, and credentials of Kibana end-users. The issue occurs infrequently, only if an error is returned from an Elasticsearch cluster, in cases where there is user interaction and an unhealthy cluster (for example, when returning circuit breaker or no shard exceptions).
problem types: CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
affected:
{
defaultStatus: unaffected
product: Kibana
vendor: Elastic
versions:
lessThan: 8.11.1, status: affected, version: 8.0.0, versionType: semver
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
attackComplexity: HIGH
attackVector: ADJACENT_NETWORK
availabilityImpact: HIGH
baseScore: 8
baseSeverity: HIGH
confidentialityImpact: HIGH
integrityImpact: HIGH
privilegesRequired: LOW
scope: CHANGED
userInteraction: NONE
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
version: 3.1
]
format: CVSS
scenarios: GENERAL