CVE-2019-7609
CRITICALCISA KEVEPSS 100th pctlDescription
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.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.
Kibana Arbitrary Code Execution
Kibana contain an arbitrary code execution flaw in the Timelion visualizer.
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Remediation due: 2022-07-10
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174569/Kibana-Timelion-Prototype-Pollution-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2860
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-6-1-and-5-6-15-security-update/169077
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-7609
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