9.8
Critical
Exploited
CVE-2019-7609 Kibana Arbitrary Code Execution
Active exploitation observed
· CISA KEV catalogue
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Ransomware campaigns
Not observed so far
Weakness
CWE-94
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.
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Kibana | Versions not published |
References
- discuss.elastic.co discuss.elastic.co
- www.elastic.co www.elastic.co
- RHSA-2019:2860 access.redhat.com
- RHBA-2019:2824 access.redhat.com
- packetstormsecurity.com packetstormsecurity.com
Timeline
- Published
- Added to the KEV catalogue
- Last modified
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