CVE-2019-7609

Q: How do I fix CVE-2019-7609?

Upgrade kibana to 6.6.1 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2019-7609 being actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2019-7609 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which means exploitation has been observed in the wild. US federal agencies were required to remediate it by 2022-07-10. Treat it as a priority whatever its CVSS score says.

Q: How severe is CVE-2019-7609?

CVE-2019-7609 has a CVSS v3 base score of 10.0, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2019-7609 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for kibana (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

CRITICALCISA KEVEPSS 100th pctl

10.0

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-94Code Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

kibanaNVD

Affected:>= 6.0.0, < 6.6.1Fixed in:6.6.1CVE-2019-7609derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

95.34%probability of exploitation in 30 days

100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

Known Exploited Vulnerability (CISA KEV)

Kibana Arbitrary Code Execution

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

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Remediation due: 2022-07-10

References

Exploit1

packetstormsecurity.com

Vendor Advisory2

Third-Party Advisory2

Government Resource1

cisa.gov

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-94 (Code Injection) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2017-9841	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-1635	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2025-3248	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2022-22954	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-22204	Medium	6.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2012-0158	High	8.8	100%	KEV	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2019-7609?

Upgrade kibana to 6.6.1 or later.

Is CVE-2019-7609 being actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2019-7609 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which means exploitation has been observed in the wild. US federal agencies were required to remediate it by 2022-07-10. Treat it as a priority whatever its CVSS score says.

How severe is CVE-2019-7609?

CVE-2019-7609 has a CVSS v3 base score of 10.0, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2019-7609 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for kibana (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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