CVE-2018-17246

83

FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-17246 is a critical arbitrary file inclusion vulnerability affecting Kibana versions prior to 6.4.3 and 5.6.13, as well as related Elastic and Red Hat products. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this flaw in the Console plugin to execute arbitrary JavaScript code, potentially leading to arbitrary command execution with the privileges of the Kibana process on the host system. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) and an EPSS score indicating high exploitability, this vulnerability poses a significant risk. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit intelligence shows available Nuclei templates and significant community discussion and media coverage, including an article detailing exploit code availability, suggesting active interest and potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		>= 5.0.0, < 5.6.13CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana::::::::
		>= 6.0.0, < 6.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana::::::::
		3.11CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:::::::*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

5.9

CvssVersion

3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

82.25%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

99.6%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-26

Model: v2026.06.15

Nuclei: CVE-2018-17246 · Apr 9, 2021

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8225 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (22)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: atomic-enterprise-service-catalog-1:3.11.51-1.git.1671.2d16650.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: atomic-openshift-0:3.11.51-1.git.0.1560686.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: atomic-openshift-cluster-autoscaler-0:3.11.51-1.git.0.0aa9fc2.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: atomic-openshift-descheduler-0:3.11.51-1.git.300.89070e8.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: atomic-openshift-dockerregistry-0:3.11.51-1.git.446.d29ce0e.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: atomic-openshift-metrics-server-0:3.11.51-1.git.52.03e3a91.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: atomic-openshift-node-problem-detector-0:3.11.51-1.git.254.22189b0.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: atomic-openshift-service-idler-0:3.11.51-1.git.14.813574a.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: atomic-openshift-web-console-0:3.11.51-1.git.324.0ae64ed.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: cri-o-0:1.11.10-1.rhaos3.11.git42c86f0.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: golang-github-openshift-oauth-proxy-0:3.11.51-1.git.419.1af74df.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: golang-github-prometheus-alertmanager-0:3.11.51-1.git.0.50a0687.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: golang-github-prometheus-node_exporter-0:3.11.51-1.git.1063.12dd8be.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: golang-github-prometheus-prometheus-0:3.11.51-1.git.5023.0ad933c.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: jenkins-0:2.138.2.1542054911-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: jenkins-2-plugins-0:3.11.1542061886-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: kibana-0:5.6.13-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: openshift-ansible-0:3.11.51-2.git.0.51c90a3.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: openshift-enterprise-autoheal-0:3.11.51-1.git.219.8ea4275.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: openshift-enterprise-cluster-capacity-0:3.11.51-1.git.380.ffa21af.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: openshift-monitor-project-lifecycle-0:3.11.51-1.git.59.7b59e29.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: openshift-monitor-sample-app-0:3.11.51-1.git.5.f6d0188.el7

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-17246Important

kibana: Arbitrary file inclusion vulnerability in the Console plugin

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHBA-2018:3743

Third Party Advisory

discuss.elastic.co / t/elastic-stack-6-4-3-and-5-6-13-security-update/155594

Vendor Advisory

elastic.co / community/security

Vendor Advisory

securityfocus.com / bid/106285

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry