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Known exploited vulnerability

CVE-2019-7609

criticalCVSS 3.1 10.0In CISA KEVEPSS 95%Published · Elastic

The short answer

CVE-2019-7609 affects Elastic Kibana and is rated critical (CVSS 10.0). CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-01-10: attackers are using it, so patch it first.

What it is

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.

Weakness: CWE-94.

Severity

10.0 critical

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

Exploited (CISA KEV)

Yes, since Jan 10, 2022

Federal due date Jul 10, 2022

EPSS, next 30 days

95%

Higher than 100% of scored CVEs

How it can be exploited

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

What CISA says to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Affected products

Kibana. NVD's record lists the exact affected versions.

References

Questions

Is CVE-2019-7609 being exploited?

Yes. CISA added CVE-2019-7609 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-01-10, with a federal remediation due date of 2022-07-10.

How do I fix CVE-2019-7609?

CISA's required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

From NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS and OSV.dev, checked . Status on NVD: Analyzed. The description is NVD's text, quoted as published.

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