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CVE-2016-1000219

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1000219 describes a vulnerability in Kibana versions prior to 4.5.4 and 4.1.11. When a custom output is configured for logging, sensitive information like cookies and authorization headers could be inadvertently written to log files, potentially allowing session hijacking for users authenticated via solutions like Shield. This vulnerability carries a CVSSv3 score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-exploitable flaw with low attack complexity and a high impact on confidentiality. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.1.0, < 4.1.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.5.0, < 4.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0204 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.2Fixed in: kibana-0:4.1.11-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.2Fixed in: openshift-elasticsearch-plugin-0:0.16.0.redhat_1-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1Fixed in: kibana-0:4.1.11-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1Fixed in: openshift-elasticsearch-plugin-0:0.16.0.redhat_1-1.el7
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) Operational ToolsFixed in: kibana
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) Operational ToolsFixed in: kibana
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) Operational ToolsFixed in: kibana

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-1000219Moderate

kibana: Session hijack via stealing cookies and auth headers from log ESA-2016-04

Aug 3, 2016

References

elastic.co / community/security
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/99178
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry