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What is this endpoint?

kibana/api/status

Kibana Status API

What an attacker could do

The status endpoint reveals the exact Kibana and plugin versions, letting an attacker fingerprint the stack and target known Kibana RCE and prototype-pollution vulnerabilities.

How to defend it

Require authentication on Kibana, restrict it to internal access behind a proxy, and keep both Kibana and Elasticsearch on patched versions.

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