CVE-2019-7609
Kibana Arbitrary Code Execution
This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run Kibana, fix it now.
CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Jul 10, 2022.
Patch status
No official fix confirmed yet
Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations and CISA's required action, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.
Description
Kibana versions before 5.6.15 and 6.6.1 contain an arbitrary code execution flaw in the Timelion visualizer. An attacker with access to the Timelion application could send a request that will attempt to execute javascript code. This could possibly lead to an attacker executing arbitrary commands with permissions of the Kibana process on the host system.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.
Affected products
| Product | Vendor | Affected versions | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kibana | Elastic | < 5.6.15; >= 6.0.0, < 6.6.1 | 5.6.15; 6.6.1 | KEV |
Sources: KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Intelligence timeline
Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.
- CVSS scoredUpdateKEV
CVE-2019-7609 scored CVSS 10.0: Elastic Kibana, Kibana Arbitrary Code Execution
CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched Kibana systems are exposed to active attacks now.
Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database
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