# Kibana and CSRF

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-and-csrf/127259
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [April 9, 2018, 6:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-and-csrf/127259 "2018-04-09T06:59:23Z")
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### Author: ![asp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@asp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asp)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2018, 6:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-and-csrf/127259/1 "2018-04-09T06:59:23Z")

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Hi,

I am running kibana behind an apache webserver which is used as proxy.  
I was asked if kibana is save against CSRF (Cross-Site-Request-Forgery).

could you please answer this question?

Thanks Andreas

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### Author: ![bhavyarm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhavyarm/32/22392_2.png) [@bhavyarm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhavyarm)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2018, 5:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-and-csrf/127259/2 "2018-04-09T17:54:55Z")

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Hi Andreas,

We try our level best to be safe and fix any security defects as soon as possible. We announce them here: [https://www.elastic.co/community/security](https://www.elastic.co/community/security)

Hope that helps 🙂

Cheers,  
Bhavya

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-and-csrf/127259/3 "2018-05-07T17:55:01Z")

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