CVE-2019-7609

10.0 CRITICAL CISA KEV - Actively Exploited
Published: March 25, 2019 Modified: November 07, 2025

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824
Source: security@elastic.co
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2860
Source: security@elastic.co
Third Party Advisory
https://www.elastic.co/community/security
Source: security@elastic.co
Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174569/Kibana-Timelion-Prototype-Pollution-Remote-Code-Execution.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2860
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-6-1-and-5-6-15-security-update/169077
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://www.elastic.co/community/security
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Vendor Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-7609
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
US Government Resource

11 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
10.0 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
94.4%
100th percentile
Exploitation Status
Actively Exploited
Remediation due: 2022-07-10

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

elastic redhat