CVE-2019-7609: Kibana Arbitrary Code Execution

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-7609 is a critical (CVSS 10.0) Code Injection vulnerability in Elastic Kibana. It is known to be exploited: CISA lists it, first on 10-01-2022. EPSS estimates a 95.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 25-03-2019
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 10-01-2022
   Added to CISA KEVKibana Arbitrary Code Execution
3. 10-07-2022
   CISA remediation dueApply updates per vendor instructions.
4. 21-10-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.