[ CVE-2019-7609 · Published 25 Mar 2019 ]

Kibana Arbitrary Code Execution

Exploited · CISA KEV CVSS 10.0 EPSS 95%No fix listed yet

[ Why it matters ]Priority signals

  • Exploited in the wild: on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since 2022-01-10
  • EPSS: 95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (higher than 100% of CVEs)
  • Critical severity: CVSS 10.0

[ Description ]Official 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.

CISA: Kibana contain an arbitrary code execution flaw in the Timelion visualizer.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

CISA required action (US federal deadline 10 Jul 2022): Apply updates per vendor instructions.

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.