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CVE-2021-22136 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:3.5 LOWVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-12-0-and-6-8-15-security-update/268125	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-12-0-and-6-8-15-security-update/268125	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-613	Insufficient Session Expiration	[email protected]
CWE-613	Insufficient Session Expiration	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
elastic kibana	< 6.8.15 >= 7.0.0, < 7.12.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

4 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 21, 2021	Initial Analysis	[email protected]