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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-25016

Unrestricted file upload in Kibana allows an authenticated attacker to compromise software integrity by uploading a crafted malicious file due to insufficient server-side validatio

Published May 1, 2025 · catalog updated May 6, 2025 · Elastic Kibana

Check this week

CVE-2025-25016 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 34.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Elastic Kibana.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium4.3
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
34.00%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Elastic Kibana 7.17.0 <7.17.18

Unrestricted file upload in Kibana allows an authenticated attacker to compromise software integrity by uploading a crafted malicious file due to insufficient server-side validation.

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.

  • vendor Elastic Kibana 7.17.0 <7.17.187.17.0 <7.17.18

How to fix CVE-2025-25016

What to do

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

Should you patch?

CVE-2025-25016 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 34.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Elastic Kibana.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Elastic Kibana 7.17.0 <7.17.18 7.17.0 <7.17.18. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 34.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. 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. May 1, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Unrestricted file upload in Kibana allows an authenticated attacker to compromise software integrity by uploading a crafted malicious file due to insufficient server-side validation.

  2. May 6, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    Unrestricted file upload in Kibana allows an authenticated attacker to compromise software integrity by uploading a crafted malicious file due to insufficient server-side validation.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-25016

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-13046

    Unrestricted file upload in Kibana allows an authenticated attacker to compromise software integrity by uploading a crafted malicious file due to insufficient server-side validation.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

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.