CVEs-PoC/2017/CVE-2017-8452.md

### [CVE-2017-8452](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8452)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=Kibana&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=before%205.2.1%20&color=brightgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-775%3A%20Missing%20Release%20of%20File%20Descriptor%20or%20Handle%20after%20Effective%20Lifetime&color=brightgreen)

### Description

Kibana versions prior to 5.2.1 configured for SSL client access, file descriptors will fail to be cleaned up after certain requests and will accumulate over time until the process crashes.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.