Kibana vulnerabilitiesAnd the versions its exploited flaws hit.

Product1 known exploited472 versions
The short answer

Kibana is made by Elastic. We track 80 published vulnerabilities listed under that exact name, across 472 versions. 1 of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited, the newest added on 10 January 2022. Elastic lists newer releases under their own names, such as Kibana X-Pack, so check those pages too.

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The most recent Kibana flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2019-7609, on 10 January 2022. We keep watching the known-exploited list.

Other names

Is Kibana listed under other names? Yes.

Elastic also lists Kibana under more specific names, such as Kibana X-Pack and Kibana Reporting. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. If you run one of these, open its page for its own exploited flaws.

Versions

Which versions of Kibana do the exploited flaws hit?

Each exploited flaw lists the versions it affects, usually as ranges. "before 5.6.15" means every version up to, but not including, 5.6.15. Find your version, then patch.

  • CVE-2019-7609Exploited list, 10 Jan 2022

    Kibana Arbitrary Code Execution

    before 5.6.156.0.0 to before 6.6.1
Known exploited

Which Kibana vulnerabilities are being exploited?

1 flaw is on the government list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited. These are the ones criminals are using now, so they go first, whatever their severity score says.

  1. 10.0
    CVE-2019-7609CriticalKnown exploited
    Kibana Arbitrary Code Execution

    Kibana contain an arbitrary code execution flaw in the Timelion visualizer.

    Chance of use95%Known exploited since10 Jan 2022
Exploit likelihood

Which Kibana flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

50% or more10% to 49%Under 10%
  1. 95%
    CVE-2019-7609CriticalKnown exploited

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

    CVSS10.0Published25 Mar 2019
  2. 82%

    Kibana versions before 6.4.3 and 5.6.13 contain an arbitrary file inclusion flaw in the Console plugin.

    CVSS9.8Published20 Dec 2018
  3. 22%

    A Prototype pollution vulnerability in Kibana leads to arbitrary code execution via crafted HTTP requests to machine learning and reporting endpoints.

    CVSS9.1Published6 May 2025
  4. 18%

    Kibana versions 6.7.0 to 6.8.8 and 7.0.0 to 7.6.2 contain a prototype pollution flaw in the Upgrade Assistant.

    CVSS8.8Published3 Jun 2020
  5. 3.9%

    Kibana versions before 6.6.1 contain an arbitrary code execution flaw in the security audit logger.

    CVSS9.0Published25 Mar 2019
  6. 2.4%

    Kibana versions before 6.8.2 and 7.2.1 contain a server side request forgery (SSRF) flaw in the graphite integration for Timelion visualizer.

    CVSS4.9Published30 Jul 2019
  7. 2.1%

    Kibana versions before 6.8.9 and 7.7.0 contain a prototype pollution flaw in TSVB.

    CVSS7.2Published3 Jun 2020
  8. 2.0%

    Kibana before 4.5.4 and 4.1.11 when a custom output is configured for logging in, cookies and authorization headers could be written to the log files.

    CVSS7.5Published16 Jun 2017
  9. 2.0%

    Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Elasticsearch Kibana 4.x before 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

    CVSS4.3Published15 Jun 2015
  10. 1.8%

    A high-privileged user, allowed to create custom osquery packs 17 could affect the availability of Kibana by uploading a maliciously crafted osquery pack.

    CVSS4.9Published19 Jun 2024
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We track 80 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Kibana, across 472 versions. The most recent Kibana flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2019-7609, on 10 January 2022.

1 is on the list of flaws known to be exploited. The most recently added is CVE-2019-7609.

Elastic also lists Kibana under more specific names, such as Kibana X-Pack and Kibana Reporting. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. Open the release you run to see its own list.

Each flaw names its own versions, usually as ranges. The newest, CVE-2019-7609, affects before 5.6.15, 6.0.0 to before 6.6.1. The versions for every exploited flaw are listed on this page.

Create a Precursor Intelligence account and track Kibana. We match it against every published flaw, give each one a risk score from 0 to 100 and keep watching, so you hear about new ones as soon as we know, by email, in the app or by webhook.