Elastic · Kibana
CVE-2019-7609
Kibana Arbitrary Code Execution
What it is
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.
What to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Deadline for US federal agencies: July 10, 2022
- Added to the CISA list
- January 10, 2022
- Published
- March 25, 2019
- Severity
- Critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1
- Chance of attacks in the next 30 days (EPSS)
- 95% in the top 0.1% of all known vulnerabilities
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- More details
- NVD · CVE.org · CISA
All references (5)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2860
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-6-1-and-5-6-15-security-update/169077
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174569/Kibana-Timelion-Prototype-Pollution-Remote-Code-Execution.html
More exploited flaws from Elastic
| Added | Vulnerability | Product | Severity | Attack chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2022 | Remote Code Execution | Elasticsearch | High 8.1 | 89% |
| Mar 25, 2022 | Groovy Scripting Engine Remote Code Execution | Elasticsearch | Critical 9.8 | 99.9% |
Sources: Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (CISA, public domain), CVE records (cve.org) and EPSS (FIRST). The chance of attacks is the EPSS estimate that someone will try to exploit the flaw in the next 30 days.