Critical severity · published Mar 25, 2019
CVE-2019-7609
Kibana Arbitrary Code Execution
In wildKEV
10.0
CVSS
95.3%
EPSS
Yes
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)95.3% · higher than 100% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildYes
CISA KEVListed Jan 10, 2022
Federal remediation dueJul 10, 2022
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KI
Kibana · Elastic
before 5.6.15 and 6.6.1 · source: vendor, NVD, KEV
OC
Openshift Container Platform · Redhat
3.11; 4.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7609
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-7609
CISA KEV catalogue
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
discuss.elastic.co
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-6-1-and-5-6-15-security-update/169077
www.elastic.co
https://www.elastic.co/community/security
vendor-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2860
vendor-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824
packetstormsecurity.com
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174569/Kibana-Timelion-Prototype-Pollution-Remote-Code-Execution.html
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