{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "versions": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "6.8.15"
              },
              {
                "introduced": "7.0.0"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "7.12.0"
              }
            ]
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "dd7258ddc9c294cb93a248c2fa0d09e886596d91"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "ee89fda8a17eff9c93f7400c102edf76cb4d7d8a"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "b7f9a41f486a2910ef22a1274ec734219c35ca3e"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/elastic/kibana",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "CVE-2021-22136",
  "modified": "2026-03-13T21:53:11.081456527Z",
  "published": "2021-05-13T18:15:08.993Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-12-0-and-6-8-15-security-update/268125"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}