# CVE-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 arbitrary commands with permissions of the Kibana process on the host system.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2019-7609
- CVSS: 10.0
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2022-01-10; CISA due date 2022-07-10
- EPSS: 95.34% (percentile 99.9)
- Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module · 13 GitHub proofs of concept · 1 Nuclei template (first 2019-10-18)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable yes, technical impact total (assessed 2025-02-07)
- Weakness: CWE-94
- Published: 2019-03-25

## Affected versions

- Elastic Kibana: affected before 5.6.15 and 6.6.1

A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected.

## References

- [other] https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-6-1-and-5-6-15-security-update/169077
- [other] https://www.elastic.co/community/security
- [advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2860
- [advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824
- [other] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174569/Kibana-Timelion-Prototype-Pollution-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-7609

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