ZDF
Sign inSign up

Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2019-7609

Kibana Arbitrary Code Execution

Published Mar 25, 2019 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Elastic Kibana

Patch now

CVE-2019-7609 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jul 10, 2022. Confirm Elastic Kibana against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Critical10.0
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
95.34%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe elastic/kibana · cpe redhat/openshift container platform · vendor Elastic Kibana

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe elastic/kibanaversion unspecified
  • cpe redhat/openshift container platform3.11
  • cpe redhat/openshift container platform4.1
  • vendor Elastic Kibanaversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2019-7609

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2019-7609 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jul 10, 2022. Confirm Elastic Kibana against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with redhat/openshift container platform 3.11; redhat/openshift container platform 4.1. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-94: Code Injection. EPSS 95.34%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Mar 25, 2019 · Catalog

    Detected

    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.

  2. Jan 10, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. Jul 10, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2019-7609

    Kibana contain an arbitrary code execution flaw in the Timelion visualizer.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2019-7609

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2019-7609

    30-day exploitation probability 95.3%

    first.org
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleexploit_linux/http/kibana_timelion_prototype_pollution_rce

    Public module reference (manual). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2019-7609

    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 ar

    nvd.nist.gov
  • Packet Storm SecurityCited referencehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174569/Kibana-Timelion-Prototype-Pollution-Remote-Code-Execution.html

    Packet Storm link already published on the finding.

    packetstormsecurity.com
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2019-7609

    Kibana contain an arbitrary code execution flaw in the Timelion visualizer.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.