Elastic · Kibana · CVE-2018-17245
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
Kibana versions 4.0 through 4.6
Kibana versions 5.0 through 5.6.12
Kibana versions 6.0 through 6.4.2
**Description**
The issue concerns the way authorization credentials are used when generating PDF reports. If a report requests external resources, plaintext credentials are included in the HTTP request, which could be recovered by an external resource provider.
**Recommendations**
For versions 4.0 through 4.6, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue.
For versions 5.0 through 5.6.12, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue.
For versions 6.0 through 6.4.2, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue.