CVE-2019-7609

Exp

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.

Published: 2019-03-25 Last update: 2025-11-07 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-7609 is rated Critical Active Threat (100/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 94.39%, 100th percentile). CISA KEV confirms active exploitation (added 2022-01-10) affecting Elastic / Kibana. a weakness (CWE-94) Unauthenticated remote administrative access may be possible. The CISA remediation deadline has passed—treat as an emergency patch priority.

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CISA KEV Record for CVE-2019-7609

Name: Kibana Arbitrary Code Execution · CISA KEV detail

Exploit added: 2022-01-10

Action due: 2022-07-10

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2019-7609

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-7609

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-09-04 94.32% 94.39% +0.07%
2 2025-09-03 94.42% 94.32% -0.10%
3 2025-03-17 — 94.42% —

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-7609

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 6.0 [email protected]
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-7609

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-7609

vendor priority summary link
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-7609
suse high CVE-2019-7609 severity important: SUSE including 1 source package names (kibana), 4 product×package rows across 4 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7, SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8, SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8): Known Not Affected 4. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-7609/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-7609

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
elastic kibana < 5.6.15 cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elastic kibana >= 6.0.0, < 6.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openshift_container_platform 3.11 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openshift_container_platform 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-7609

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