title: Kibana path traversal issue
description: It was discovered that Kibana was not validating a user supplied path, which would load .pbf files. Because of this, a malicious user could arbitrarily traverse the Kibana host to load internal files ending in the .pbf extension.
problem types: CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
affected:
{
defaultStatus: unaffected
product: Kibana
vendor: Elastic
versions:
lessThan: 7.14.0, status: affected, version: 7.9.0, versionType: semver
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
attackComplexity: HIGH
attackVector: NETWORK
availabilityImpact: NONE
baseScore: 3.1
baseSeverity: LOW
confidentialityImpact: LOW
integrityImpact: NONE
privilegesRequired: LOW
scope: UNCHANGED
userInteraction: NONE
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
version: 3.1
]
format: CVSS
scenarios: GENERAL