---
id: "CVE-2019-7609"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2019-7609"]
title: "Elastic Kibana: Kibana Arbitrary Code Execution"
severity: "critical"
cvss: 10.0
epss: 0.95338
exploited: true
status: "open"
category: "runtime"
products: [{"name": "Elastic Kibana", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["elasticsearch", "exploited", "kibana", "runtime", "self-hosted"]
not_affected_if: ["managed-hosting", "timelion-unused"]
published_at: "2019-03-25T19:29:02+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T19:11:53+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "kev", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2019-7609", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:11:53+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-7609", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:13:44+00:00"}, {"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7609", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00"}]
---

# Elastic Kibana: Kibana Arbitrary Code Execution

Elastic Kibana's Timelion visualizer contains a flaw that allows arbitrary code execution. An attacker who can send requests to Kibana can run commands on the server hosting it.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- vendor:Elastic Kibana affected ? fixed ?

## How to check

Check the Kibana version against the vendor advisory; versions before the fix are affected. unknown

## Fix

Upgrade Kibana to a fixed release per vendor instructions. Specific fixed version: unknown

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T19:11:53+00:00 kev https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2019-7609
- 2026-10-23T19:13:44+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-7609
- 2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7609

## From the sources

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.

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