kibana: Resource exhaustion via file descriptors clean up failure
Published Jun 16, 2017
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.38%
Description
Kibana versions prior to 5.2.1 configured for SSL client access, file descriptors will fail to be cleaned up after certain requests and will accumulate over time until the process crashes.
Affected products
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- Version before 5.2.1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) Operational Tools
kibana
Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3
kibana
Affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) Operational Tools
kibana
Not affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) Operational Tools
kibana
Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) Operational Tools
kibana
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) Operational Tools | kibana | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 | kibana | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) Operational Tools | kibana | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) Operational Tools | kibana | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) Operational Tools | kibana | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.38% (0.01383) | 71.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 1.38% (0.01383) | 70.95th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.12% (0.00118) | 46.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 27, 2024 | 0.12% (0.00118) | 44.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.10% (0.00103) | 40.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 10.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (5)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8452 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1475337 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8452
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8452
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8452 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1475337 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8452 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8452 | ||
| https://www.elastic.co/community/security | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
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