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TI-2024-11650 Aliases CVE-2024-12556GHSA-ww98-mrx2-m82h

Kibana Prototype Pollution can lead to code injection

Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-1321Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Prototype Pollution in Kibana can lead to code injection via unrestricted file upload combined with path traversal.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00564 47th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Kibana (Elastic): 8.17.1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ElasticKibana8.16.1 to before 8.17.18.17.1Patch availableCNA
  • Kibana VendorElastic Affected 8.16.1 to before 8.17.1 Fixed in 8.17.1 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.16.1 to before 8.16.4; 8.17.0 to before 8.17.2VulnerableElastic
  • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.16.1 to before 8.16.4; 8.17.0 to before 8.17.2 Vulnerable ·Elastic

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Kibana (Elastic) Fixed in 8.17.1

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-12556
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ww98-mrx2-m82h

References

Patch 1

  • TI-2019-05363 Code injection in Elastic Kibana KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • 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
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Sources

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