CVE-2019-7609Kibana versions before 5.6.15 and 6.6.1 contain an arbitrary code execution flaw in the Timelion visualizer.
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CISA lists it as known exploited since Jan 10, 2022; federal agencies had to remediate by Jul 10, 2022. Treat that date as your deadline.
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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
- 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- Known exploited
- Added to CISA KEV Jan 10, 2022; federal remediation due Jul 10, 2022Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 95.34% (percentile 100)
- Assigned by
- elastic
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Elastic Kibana elastic:kibana (from the name) | before 5.6.15 and 6.6.1 | CNA record |
elastic kibana elastic:kibana | before 5.6.15; from 6.0.0 before 6.6.1 | NVD |
redhat openshift_container_platform redhat:openshift_container_platform | 3.11; 4.1 | NVD |
References
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-6-1-and-5-6-15-security-update/169077vendor-advisory
- https://www.elastic.co/community/securitybroken-link, vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2860vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174569/Kibana-Timelion-Prototype-Pollution-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlexploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-7609us-government-resource
The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry
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