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CVE-2019-7609

Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2022-01-10 by CISA-ADP, CISA KEV, GCVE · kevintel, GCVE · shadowserver.

  • Published2019-03-25
  • Fixed in6.6.1 · 5.6.15
  • WeaknessCWE-94

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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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2019-03-2519:29CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2022-01-10Added to the CISA KEV catalogCISA KEV
  3. 2022-01-10Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
  4. 2022-01-10Exploitation first reportedCISA KEV
  5. 2025-02-0713:15SSVC exploitation set to activeCISA-ADP

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Elastic kibana
BranchAffectedFixed in
6.x≥ 6.0.0, < 6.6.16.6.1
5.6< 5.6.155.6.15
Redhat openshift container platform
BranchAffectedFixed in
3.11= 3.11no fix published
4.1= 4.1no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As elastic, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • Elastic Kibana
    Affected
    • = before 5.6.15 and 6.6.1no fix stated

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2023-09-08

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • kibanaRed Hat:openshift:4.1::el7all versions · fixed in 0:5.6.16-2.el7and 1 other package

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2019-7609 Red Hat Product Security156 products fixed

    kibana: Arbitrary code execution flaw in the Timelion visualizer

  • RHSA-2019:2860 Red Hat Product Security3 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.1.18 security update

  • RHBA-2019:2824 Red Hat Product Security153 products fixed

    Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 images update

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update Elastic kibana to 6.6.1 · 5.6.15
  2. CISA’s required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.due 2022-07-10
  3. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2019:2860 · 3 productsFor OpenShift Container Platform 4.1 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for release 4.1.18, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.1/release_notes/ocp-4-1…
  4. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHBA-2019:2824 · 153 productsBefore applying this update, ensure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for release 3.11.146, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and ful…

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-02 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
available
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
13 repositories, unverifiedjas502n/kibana-RCEmpgn/CVE-2019-7609LandGrey/CVE-2019-7609hekadan/CVE-2019-7609rhbb/CVE-2019-7609
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
1 moduleexploit/linux/http/kibana_timelion_prototype_pollution_rcerank: manualModule metadata: Metasploit Framework, © Rapid7, Inc., BSD-3-Clause.
Metasploit Framework

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Date Added
2022-01-10
Patch Due Date
2022-07-10
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2019-03-25
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Analyzed
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-cp8f-5jp9-rqmh

Frequently asked questions

What is 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.

Is CVE-2019-7609 actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2019-7609 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, meaning it has been confirmed as actively exploited in the wild. CISA requires federal agencies to patch by 2022-07-10.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-7609?

CVE-2019-7609 has a CVSS v3 base score of 10 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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