Hazard

Is CVE-2019-7609 being exploited?

Weaponised and widely attempted

Reliable public exploit code exists, or mass exploitation attempts are probable. Patch inside days, not weeks.

Kibana Arbitrary Code Execution

Elastic · Kibana

CVSS 10 EPSS 95% no public exploit indexed Fix deadline passed 10 July 2022

What it is

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

Why we say that

  • EPSS puts exploitation in the next 30 days at 95%
  • CISA's federal remediation deadline (2022-07-10) has passed
  • CVSS 10 critical
  • Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue

Every line above comes from a named public source. Where the evidence is thin, we say so rather than inventing confidence — see methodology.

What to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What it costs when this goes wrong

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