TI-2019-05363 Aliases CVE-2019-7609 GHSA-cp8f-5jp9-rqmh

Code injection in Elastic Kibana

CRITICAL 100Exploited in the wildCWE-94Published 2019-03-25 · Updated 2025-10-21

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-94.

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Active In CISA KEV since 2022-01-10CISA due date 2022-07-10

EPSS 0.95338 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Active
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Elastic	Kibana	before 5.6.15 and 6.6.1	—	No fix listed	CNA

Kibana VendorElastic Affected before 5.6.15 and 6.6.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana::::::::	before 5.6.15; 6.0.0 to before 6.6.1	Vulnerable	Elastic
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:::::::*	3.11	Vulnerable	Red Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.1:::::::*	4.1	Vulnerable	Red Hat

cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 5.6.15; 6.0.0 to before 6.6.1 Vulnerable ·Elastic
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.11 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

RHSA-2019:2860 Released 2019-09-30 · Red Hat rating Important
OpenShift Container Platform 4.1.18 security update
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.1 kibana-5.6.16-2.el7

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

Advisory · 2019-03-25
Elastic Kibana — RHSA-2019:2860
3 records Highest priority Priority CRITICAL 1 CRITICAL, 1 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2019-05364 Code injection in Elastic KibanaPriority MEDIUM 45
- TI-2019-05362 Cross-site scripting in Elastic KibanaPriority LOW 30
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Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11	Fixed	—
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.1	Fixed	RHSA-2019:2860

Not affected: 8 products

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.4
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.5
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.6
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.7
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) Operational Tools
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) Operational Tools

Timeline

2022-01-10 Added to CISA KEV
2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-7609
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cp8f-5jp9-rqmh

References

Exploit 1

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174569/Kibana-Timelion-Prototype-Pollution-Remote-Code-Execution.html

Advisory 4

TI-2018-12328 Kibana versions before 6.4.3 and 5.6.13 contain an arbitrary file inclusion flaw in the… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2025-18692 Kibana arbitrary code execution via prototype pollution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2020-05660 Code injection in Elastic Kibana CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2024-24803 Deserialization of untrusted data in Elastic Kibana CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
TI-2024-24800 Kibana arbitrary code execution via YAML deserialization CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
TI-2025-18693 Kibana arbitrary code execution via prototype pollution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9

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Sources

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