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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-10364

With X-Pack installed, Kibana versions 5.0.0 and 5.0.1 were not properly authenticating requests to advanced settings and the short URL service, any authenticated user could make requests to those services regardless of their own permissions.

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CVE-2016-10364
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1 Nov 2026, 06:19 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2016-10364

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 Jun 2017, 21:29 UTC

With X-Pack installed, Kibana versions 5.0.0 and 5.0.1 were not properly authenticating requests to advanced settings and the short URL service, any authenticated user could make requests to those services regardless of their own permissions.

osv:CVE-2016-10364
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-10364",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2016-10364",
    "summary": "With X-Pack installed, Kibana versions 5.0.0 and 5.0.1 were not properly authenticating requests to advanced settings and the short URL service, any authenticated user could make requests to those services regardless of their own permissions.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-10364",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:37.700008672Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.elastic.co/community/security"
      ],
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    },
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        "evidence": "/id"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 434284,
  "published_at": "2017-06-16T21:29:00.477+00:00"
}