{"id":"CVE-2021-22136","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-22136","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:18:10.537Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2021-05-13T18:15:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:36:41.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@elastic.co","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":3.5,"severity":"LOW","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-613"],"affected":["elastic/kibana"],"epss":{"score":0.00282,"percentile":0.20548,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.28%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-12-0-and-6-8-15-security-update/268125","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@elastic.co"},{"url":"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-12-0-and-6-8-15-security-update/268125","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22136","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}