CVE-2019-7609
Kibana Arbitrary Code Execution
- Published
- Mar 25, 2019
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- elastic
- Evidence observed
- Jan 10, 2022
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 99.9%
- Model date
- Oct 15, 2026
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CISA Known Exploited
This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Summary
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.
Sources
kibana/CVE-2019-7609
Kibana Prototype Pollution Leads to Remote Code Execution (CVE-2019-7609)
Vulhub vulnerability labsDeclared conditions
- lab image version: vulhub/kibana:6.5.4(kibana/CVE-2019-7609/docker-compose.yml:services.kibana.image)
- lab image version: vulhub/elasticsearch:6.8.6(kibana/CVE-2019-7609/docker-compose.yml:services.elasticsearch.image)
http/cves/2019/CVE-2019-7609.yaml
Nuclei TemplatesDeclared conditions
- network: http($.protocol_keys)
- verification: status,word($.matchers[*].type)
modules/exploits/linux/http/kibana_timelion_prototype_pollution_rce.rb
Metasploit Framework modulesDeclared conditions
- platform: Unix($.exploit_linux/http/kibana_timelion_prototype_pollution_rce.platform)
- verification: check_declared($.exploit_linux/http/kibana_timelion_prototype_pollution_rce.check)
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