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critical 9.8

CVE-2019-7609 kev in the critical feed json

Kibana versions before 5.6.15 and 6.6.1 contain an arbitrary code execution flaw in the Timelion visualizer.

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-17147

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2022-01-10
epss
95.3%
EPSS 95.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.8%
public exploits
1
Metasploit, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

cisa required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  • elastic kibana 5.6.15, 6.6.1
  • kibana openshift 4.1 5.6.16-2.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:2860

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-7609 updated cvss 7.5

kibana: Arbitrary code execution flaw in the Timelion visualizer

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 openshift3/ose v3.11.146-1, openshift3/node v3.11.146-1, openshift3/grafana v3.11.146-2, openshift3/ose-cli v3.11.146-2, openshift3/ose-pod v3.11.146-2, openshift3/apb-base v3.11.146-1, +73 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2019:2824
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.1 kibana 5.6.16-2.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2860
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.4 kibana Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.5 kibana Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.6 kibana Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.7 kibana Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9 kibana Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10 kibana
    +2 more products
    Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) Operational Tools kibana Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) Operational Tools kibana
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/linux/http/kibana_timelion_prototype_pollution_rce)
  3. Added to CISA KEV
  4. CISA patch deadline
  5. CISA SSVC: exploitation active

Known exploited

Added
4y ago
Patch by
2022-07-10 (4y ago)
Ransomware
Not known
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vendor, product
Elastic, Kibana
CISA name
Kibana Arbitrary Code Execution

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

95.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 10.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Elastic Kibana

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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