Which products and versions are affected by CVE-2019-7609?

Affected: Kibana (Elastic) versions >= before 5.6.15 and 6.6.1; Openshift Container Platform (Redhat) versions 3.11, 4.1; openshift3/apb-base:v3.11.146 (redhat), among others. The full list is in the CVE brief.

Is CVE-2019-7609 being exploited in the wild?

It is exploited in the wild, listed in CISA KEV, Industry KEV feed, CIRCL KEV, ENISA EUVD since May 7, 2021.

Is CVE-2019-7609 in the CISA KEV catalog?

Yes. It was added on Jan 10, 2022 with a federal remediation due date of Jul 10, 2022.

Is there a public exploit for CVE-2019-7609?

Public exploit code is available.

Is there a fix for CVE-2019-7609?

Fixed versions are available, including Kibana 5.6.15, Kibana 0:5.6.16-2.el7, Kibana 6.4.3-2.ph1.

How urgently should CVE-2019-7609 be patched?

Brandefense priority: patch immediately, because it is listed as exploited in the wild.

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CVE-2019-7609

CriticalExploitedPublic exploit

Kibana versions before 5.6.15 and 6.6.1 contain an arbitrary code execution flaw in the Timelion visualizer.

Published Mar 25, 2019 · Updated Jul 8, 2026

Key Facts

Patch immediately

CVE-2019-7609 is a critical-severity vulnerability (CVSS 9.8 v3.1) affecting Kibana (Elastic), Openshift Container Platform (Redhat), openshift3/apb-base:v3.11.146 (redhat) and 22 more products.
It is exploited in the wild, listed in CISA KEV, Industry KEV feed, CIRCL KEV, ENISA EUVD since May 7, 2021. Public exploit code is available.
EPSS estimates a 95% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Fixed versions are available, including Kibana 5.6.15, Kibana 0:5.6.16-2.el7, Kibana 6.4.3-2.ph1.
Brandefense priority: patch immediately, because it is listed as exploited in the wild.

CVSS v3.1

9.8

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

EPSS (30-day exploit likelihood)

95%

Higher than 99.8% of all scored CVEs

Exploited in the wild

Yes

4 catalog listings

Public exploit code

Available

Proof-of-concept or weaponized module

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Description

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.

Known-Exploited Catalog Listings

Catalog	Added	Remediation due	Ransomware use
CISA KEV	Jan 10, 2022	Jul 10, 2022	Not reported
Industry KEV feed	May 7, 2021	Jul 10, 2022	Not reported
CIRCL KEV	Jan 10, 2022	Jul 10, 2022	Not reported
ENISA EUVD	Jan 10, 2022	n/a	Not reported

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Affected Products

87 affected entries in total

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
KibanaElastic	>= before 5.6.15 and 6.6.1	5.6.15
Openshift Container PlatformRedhat	3.11, 4.1	n/a
openshift3/apb-base:v3.11.146redhat	See advisory	1
openshift3/apb-tools:v3.11.146redhat	See advisory	1
openshift3/automation-broker-apb:v3.11.146redhat	See advisory	1

20 more affected products in the full CVE brief

Patched Releases

Kibana

5.6.15, 0:5.6.16-2.el7, 6.4.3-2.ph1, 6.4.3-2.ph2, 6.4.3-2.ph3

openshift3/apb-base:v3.11.146

openshift3/apb-tools:v3.11.146

openshift3/automation-broker-apb:v3.11.146

openshift3/csi-attacher:v3.11.146

openshift3/csi-driver-registrar:v3.11.146

openshift3/csi-livenessprobe:v3.11.146

openshift3/csi-provisioner:v3.11.146

openshift3/grafana:v3.11.146

openshift3/jenkins-slave-base-rhel7:v3.11.146

openshift3/jenkins-slave-maven-rhel7:v3.11.146

openshift3/jenkins-slave-nodejs-rhel7:v3.11.146

openshift3/local-storage-provisioner:v3.11.146

openshift3/logging-fluentd:v3.11.146

openshift3/manila-provisioner:v3.11.146

openshift3/mariadb-apb:v3.11.146

openshift3/mediawiki-apb:v3.11.146

openshift3/mediawiki:v3.11.146

openshift3/metrics-cassandra:v3.11.146

openshift3/metrics-hawkular-metrics:v3.11.146

openshift3/metrics-hawkular-openshift-agent:v3.11.146

openshift3/metrics-heapster:v3.11.146

openshift3/metrics-schema-installer:v3.11.146

openshift3/mysql-apb:v3.11.146

openshift3/node:v3.11.146

Timeline

Publicly disclosed
Mar 25, 2019
Added to Industry KEV feed
May 7, 2021
Added to CISA KEV
Jan 10, 2022
Added to CIRCL KEV
Jan 10, 2022
Added to ENISA EUVD
Jan 10, 2022
Last updated
Jul 8, 2026

Weakness Type

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

References

10 more references in the full CVE brief

FAQ

Common Questions.

Kibana versions before 5.6.15 and 6.6.1 contain an arbitrary code execution flaw in the Timelion visualizer.
Affected: Kibana (Elastic) versions >= before 5.6.15 and 6.6.1; Openshift Container Platform (Redhat) versions 3.11, 4.1; openshift3/apb-base:v3.11.146 (redhat), among others. The full list is in the CVE brief.
It is exploited in the wild, listed in CISA KEV, Industry KEV feed, CIRCL KEV, ENISA EUVD since May 7, 2021.
Yes. It was added on Jan 10, 2022 with a federal remediation due date of Jul 10, 2022.
Public exploit code is available.
Fixed versions are available, including Kibana 5.6.15, Kibana 0:5.6.16-2.el7, Kibana 6.4.3-2.ph1.
Brandefense priority: patch immediately, because it is listed as exploited in the wild.

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