CVE-2019-7610: elastic kibana Code Injection
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2019-7610 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Code Injection vulnerability in elastic kibana. EPSS estimates a 3.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.2% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 25-03-2019PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Kibana versions before 6.6.1 contain an arbitrary code execution flaw in the security audit logger. If a Kibana instance has the setting xpack.security.audit.enabled set to true, an attacker 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 metrics
2 scores · 1 source · 2 versionsEPSS trend
Probability
3.89%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
90%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Decrease -0.01 pp
From 3.91% on 22-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- 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.
- CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component.
Affected systems
Elastic1 product
- kibana< 6.6.1 | < 5.6.15 | ≥ 6.0.0, < 6.6.1
1 vendor · 1 product
References
4 links- discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-6-1-and-5-6-15-security-update/169077X Refsource MISCVendor Advisory