Critical severity · published Apr 8, 2025
CVE-2024-12556
Prototype Pollution in Kibana can lead to code injection via unrestricted file upload combined with path traversal
9.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Prototype Pollution in Kibana can lead to code injection via unrestricted file upload combined with path traversal.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 46% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KI
Kibana · Elastic
8.16.1 before 8.16.4; 8.17.0 before 8.17.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12556
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12556
Patch
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-16-4-and-8-17-2-security-update-esa-2025-02/376918
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