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Withdrawn: Cross-site Scripting in Kibana

org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch Updated 02 Oct 2025

Summary

04/03/2022
MODERATE
Yes i
Moderate
6.1

GHSA-m6gg-86c6-gfr9: Withdrawn: Cross-site Scripting in Kibana. Affects org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch versions >= 7.16.0, < 7.17.1. Fixed in 7.17.1. How to fix ↓

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##Withdrawn: This advisory is for Kibana, not ElasticSearch as it was originally published, and is withdrawn as being out of scope of our supported ecosystems.

A cross-site-scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the Data Preview Pane (previously known as Index Pattern Preview Pane) which could allow arbitrary JavaScript to be executed in a victim's browser.

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Latest published version: 9.5.5 as of 22 Oct 2026

Upgrading to it may include breaking changes; the version below is the minimum fixed release for this vulnerability.

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7.17.1

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How To Fix

Latest published version: 9.5.5 as of 22 Oct 2026

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7.17.1

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