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CVE-2021-22136

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.

Severity
Low 3.5
Published
13 May 2021
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Fixed in
6.8.15, 7.12.0
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
KibanaServers and applications · cpe:a:elastic:kibana
  • Every version before 6.8.15
  • From 7.0.0 before 7.12.0

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22136
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-22136