diff --git a/config/node.options b/config/node.options
index d5799f2c2068a..abcb40a5c19d4 100644
--- a/config/node.options
+++ b/config/node.options
@@ -10,3 +10,6 @@
 
 ## restore < Node 16 default DNS lookup behavior
 --dns-result-order=ipv4first
+
+## enable OpenSSL 3 legacy provider
+--openssl-legacy-provider
diff --git a/docs/user/production-considerations/production.asciidoc b/docs/user/production-considerations/production.asciidoc
index 92cb77cc401f7..aa4421125aed9 100644
--- a/docs/user/production-considerations/production.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/user/production-considerations/production.asciidoc
@@ -118,3 +118,12 @@ The option accepts a limit in MB:
 --------
 --max-old-space-size=2048
 --------
+
+[float]
+[[openssl-legacy-provider]]
+=== OpenSSL Legacy Provider
+
+Starting in 8.10.0, Kibana has upgraded its runtime environment, Node.js, from version 16 to version 18 and with it the underlying version of OpenSSL to 3.
+Algorithms deemed legacy by OpenSSL 3 have been re-enabled to avoid potential breaking changes in a minor version release of Kibana.
+If SSL certificates configured for Kibana are not using any of the legacy algorithms mentioned in the https://www.openssl.org/docs/man3.0/man7/OSSL_PROVIDER-legacy.html[OpenSSL legacy provider documentation],
+we recommend disabling this setting by removing `--openssl-legacy-provider` in the `node.options` config file.
diff --git a/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/src/integration_tests/build.test.ts b/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/src/integration_tests/build.test.ts
index e3d1ca81e2c26..7a3cf7f85ddf2 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/src/integration_tests/build.test.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/src/integration_tests/build.test.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ it('builds a generated plugin into a viable archive', async () => {
   };
 
   expect(filterLogs(generateProc.all)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
-    " succ 🎉
+    "Kibana is currently running with legacy OpenSSL providers enabled! For details and instructions on how to disable see https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/production.html#openssl-legacy-provider
+     succ 🎉
 
           Your plugin has been created in plugins/foo_test_plugin
     "
@@ -73,7 +74,8 @@ it('builds a generated plugin into a viable archive', async () => {
   );
 
   expect(filterLogs(buildProc.all)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
-    " info deleting the build and target directories
+    "Kibana is currently running with legacy OpenSSL providers enabled! For details and instructions on how to disable see https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/production.html#openssl-legacy-provider
+     info deleting the build and target directories
      info run bazel and build required artifacts for the optimizer
      succ bazel run successfully and artifacts were created
      info running @kbn/optimizer
diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/docker_generator/templates/base/Dockerfile b/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/docker_generator/templates/base/Dockerfile
index a44fae27c4265..8bf470f489cb7 100644
--- a/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/docker_generator/templates/base/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/docker_generator/templates/base/Dockerfile
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ COPY --chown=1000:0 config/serverless.es.yml /usr/share/kibana/config/serverless
 COPY --chown=1000:0 config/serverless.oblt.yml /usr/share/kibana/config/serverless.oblt.yml
 COPY --chown=1000:0 config/serverless.security.yml /usr/share/kibana/config/serverless.security.yml
 {{/serverless}}
+{{^opensslLegacyProvider}}
+RUN sed 's/\(--openssl-legacy-provider\)/#\1/' -i config/node.options
+{{/opensslLegacyProvider}}
 
 # Add the launcher/wrapper script. It knows how to interpret environment
 # variables and translate them to Kibana CLI options.
diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/docker_generator/templates/dockerfile.template.ts b/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/docker_generator/templates/dockerfile.template.ts
index ca597e5c38941..456a09ccc3db3 100755
--- a/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/docker_generator/templates/dockerfile.template.ts
+++ b/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/docker_generator/templates/dockerfile.template.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ function generator(options: TemplateContext) {
     packageManager: options.baseImage.includes('ubi') ? 'microdnf' : 'apt-get',
     ubi: options.baseImage.includes('ubi'),
     ubuntu: options.baseImage === 'ubuntu',
+    opensslLegacyProvider: !(options.cloud || options.serverless),
     ...options,
   });
 }
diff --git a/src/setup_node_env/openssl_legacy_provider/index.js b/src/setup_node_env/openssl_legacy_provider/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..159c2a5e62e9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/setup_node_env/openssl_legacy_provider/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+var branch = require('../../../package.json').branch;
+var docsBranch = branch.match(/^\d\.\d\d?$/) || 'current';
+var openSSLLegacyProviderEnabled = require('./openssl_legacy_provider_enabled')();
+
+if (openSSLLegacyProviderEnabled) {
+  console.log(
+    'Kibana is currently running with legacy OpenSSL providers enabled! For details and instructions on how to disable see https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/' +
+      docsBranch +
+      '/production.html#openssl-legacy-provider'
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/setup_node_env/openssl_legacy_provider/openssl_legacy_provider_enabled.js b/src/setup_node_env/openssl_legacy_provider/openssl_legacy_provider_enabled.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bf2f68a1cee76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/setup_node_env/openssl_legacy_provider/openssl_legacy_provider_enabled.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+module.exports = function () {
+  var nodeOptions = process.env.NODE_OPTIONS
+    ? process.env.NODE_OPTIONS.split(' ').filter(Boolean)
+    : [];
+  var execOptions = process.execArgv;
+
+  var cliOpenSSLLegacyProvider = checkOpenSSLLegacyProvider(execOptions);
+  var envOpenSSLLegacyProvider = checkOpenSSLLegacyProvider(nodeOptions);
+
+  if (typeof cliOpenSSLLegacyProvider === 'boolean') return cliOpenSSLLegacyProvider;
+  return Boolean(envOpenSSLLegacyProvider);
+};
+
+function checkOpenSSLLegacyProvider(options) {
+  var openSSLLegacyProvider = null;
+  options.forEach(function (option) {
+    if (option === '--openssl-legacy-provider') {
+      openSSLLegacyProvider = true;
+    }
+    if (option === '--no-openssl-legacy-provider') {
+      openSSLLegacyProvider = false;
+    }
+  });
+  return openSSLLegacyProvider;
+}
diff --git a/src/setup_node_env/openssl_legacy_provider/openssl_legacy_provider_enabled.test.js b/src/setup_node_env/openssl_legacy_provider/openssl_legacy_provider_enabled.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1ae3b6d273579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/setup_node_env/openssl_legacy_provider/openssl_legacy_provider_enabled.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+describe('openSSLLegacyProviderEnabled', function () {
+  var env = process.env;
+  var execArgv = process.execArgv;
+
+  beforeEach(function () {
+    jest.resetModules();
+    process.env.NODE_OPTIONS = '';
+    process.execArgv = [];
+  });
+
+  afterAll(function () {
+    process.env = env;
+    process.execArgv = execArgv;
+  });
+
+  describe('using NODE_OPTIONS', function () {
+    it('should be enabled when --openssl-legacy-provider is set', function () {
+      process.env.NODE_OPTIONS = '--openssl-legacy-provider';
+      expect(require('./openssl_legacy_provider_enabled')()).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('should be enabled when --openssl-legacy-provider is set after --no-openssl-legacy-provider', function () {
+      process.env.NODE_OPTIONS = '--no-openssl-legacy-provider --openssl-legacy-provider';
+      expect(require('./openssl_legacy_provider_enabled')()).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('should be disabled by default', function () {
+      process.env.NODE_OPTIONS = '';
+      expect(require('./openssl_legacy_provider_enabled')()).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('should be disabled when --no-openssl-legacy-provider is set', function () {
+      process.env.NODE_OPTIONS = '--no-openssl-legacy-provider';
+      expect(require('./openssl_legacy_provider_enabled')()).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('should be disabled when --no-openssl-legacy-provider is set after --openssl-legacy-provider', function () {
+      process.env.NODE_OPTIONS = '--openssl-legacy-provider --no-openssl-legacy-provider';
+      expect(require('./openssl_legacy_provider_enabled')()).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('using exec arguments', function () {
+    it('should be enabled when --openssl-legacy-provider is set', function () {
+      process.execArgv = ['--openssl-legacy-provider'];
+      expect(require('./openssl_legacy_provider_enabled')()).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('should be enabled when --openssl-legacy-provider is set after --no-openssl-legacy-provider', function () {
+      process.execArgv = ['--no-openssl-legacy-provider', '--openssl-legacy-provider'];
+      expect(require('./openssl_legacy_provider_enabled')()).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('should be disabled by default', function () {
+      process.execArgv = [];
+      expect(require('./openssl_legacy_provider_enabled')()).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('should be disabled when --no-openssl-legacy-provider is set', function () {
+      process.execArgv = ['--no-openssl-legacy-provider'];
+      expect(require('./openssl_legacy_provider_enabled')()).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('should be disabled when --no-openssl-legacy-provider is set after --openssl-legacy-provider', function () {
+      process.execArgv = ['--openssl-legacy-provider', '--no-openssl-legacy-provider'];
+      expect(require('./openssl_legacy_provider_enabled')()).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/setup_node_env/setup_env.js b/src/setup_node_env/setup_env.js
index 08897eb5a78c5..7b37d98011cfb 100644
--- a/src/setup_node_env/setup_env.js
+++ b/src/setup_node_env/setup_env.js
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ require('./harden');
 require('symbol-observable');
 require('source-map-support').install();
 require('./node_version_validator');
+require('./openssl_legacy_provider');
diff --git a/src/setup_node_env/tsconfig.json b/src/setup_node_env/tsconfig.json
index ed753806b9f4f..931afbdfaf0a3 100644
--- a/src/setup_node_env/tsconfig.json
+++ b/src/setup_node_env/tsconfig.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   "include": [
     "harden/**/*",
     "root/**/*",
+    "openssl_legacy_provider/**/*",
     "*.js",
     "*.ts",
   ],