CVE-2021-22136
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CVE-2021-22136 is a low-severity vulnerability rated 3.5/10 on the CVSS scale. In Kibana versions before 7.12.0 and 6.8.15 a flaw in the session timeout was discovered where the xpack.security.session.idleTimeout setting is not being respected. This was caused by background polling activities unintentionally extending authenticated users sessions, preventing a user session from timing out.. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
In Kibana versions before 7.12.0 and 6.8.15 a flaw in the session timeout was discovered where the xpack.security.session.idleTimeout setting is not being respected. This was caused by background polling activities unintentionally extending authenticated users sessions, preventing a user session from timing out.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Elastic | Kibana | < 6.8.15 |
| Elastic | Kibana | >= 7.0.0, < 7.12.0 |
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