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CVE-2021-37938

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.70%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-11-18 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.3. It affects Windows.

CVE
CVE-2021-37938
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.3
EPSS
0.70%
Windows

Original NVD Description

It was discovered that on Windows operating systems specifically, 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. Thanks to Dominic Couture for finding this vulnerability.

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