{"id":"CVE-2019-7609","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-7609","generatedAt":"2026-10-31T18:40:33.388Z","title":"Kibana Arbitrary Code Execution","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.","published":"2019-03-25T19:29:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:40:45.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"security@elastic.co","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":10,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-94"],"affected":["elastic/kibana","redhat/openshift container platform"],"epss":{"score":0.95338,"percentile":0.99866,"date":"2026-10-30","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2022-01-10","dueDate":"2022-07-10","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","notes":"Apply updates per vendor instructions.\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7609"},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 10 July 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174569/Kibana-Timelion-Prototype-Pollution-Remote-Code-Execution.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security@elastic.co"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@elastic.co"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2860","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@elastic.co"},{"url":"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-6-1-and-5-6-15-security-update/169077","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@elastic.co"},{"url":"https://www.elastic.co/community/security","tags":["Broken Link","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@elastic.co"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174569/Kibana-Timelion-Prototype-Pollution-Remote-Code-Execution.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2860","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-6-1-and-5-6-15-security-update/169077","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.elastic.co/community/security","tags":["Broken Link","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-7609","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7609","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}