# CVE-2019-7610: Kibana versions before 6.6.1 contain an arbitrary code execution flaw in the security audit logger.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-03-25 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- Elastic Kibana: before 6.6.1

## Description

Kibana versions before 6.6.1 contain an arbitrary code execution flaw in the security audit logger. If a Kibana instance has the setting xpack.security.audit.enabled set to true, an attacker 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Elastic Kibana, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-6-1-and-5-6-15-security-update/169077
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2860
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824

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