CVE-2019-7609

Kibana Arbitrary Code Execution

Severity: critical
CVSS v3: 10
EPSS percentile: 100%
Known exploited: yes (CISA KEV)
Vendor: Elastic
Product: Kibana
Published: 2022-01-10
Modified: 2026-06-17

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.

NVD record

Informational only. Not a warranty of security, completeness or fitness for any purpose. Derived from NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS and vendor advisories (CVE Program List v5); those sources change continuously and may be incomplete or incorrect. Verify every remediation against the vendor advisory before acting. Absence of a finding is not evidence that no vulnerability exists. Not endorsed by NVD, CISA, FIRST or any vendor named.

Raw record

{
  "id": "CVE-2019-7609",
  "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.",
  "severity": "critical",
  "cvss": 10,
  "epss": 100,
  "kev": 1,
  "vendor": "Elastic",
  "product": "Kibana",
  "published": "2022-01-10",
  "modified": "2026-06-17T02:40:45.257",
  "source": "nvd",
  "remediation": [],
  "disclaimer": "Informational only. Not a warranty of security, completeness or fitness for any purpose. Derived from NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS and vendor advisories (CVE Program List v5); those sources change continuously and may be incomplete or incorrect. Verify every remediation against the vendor advisory before acting. Absence of a finding is not evidence that no vulnerability exists. Not endorsed by NVD, CISA, FIRST or any vendor named."
}