CVE-2022-38778 is a medium-severity flaw in a third-party dependency of Kibana, specifically affecting the decode-uri-component library. An authenticated user can exploit this vulnerability to crash the Kibana server process, leading to a denial of service. While no active exploits, public exploit code, or significant community discussion have been observed, its CVSS score of 6.5 indicates a moderate risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:decode-uri-component_project:decode-uri-component:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | ||
>= 7.0.0, < 7.17.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.0.0, < 8.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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