Exploited CVEs / CVE-2019-7609
CVE-2019-7609
Actively exploited Elastic Kibana vulnerability, Critical severity, CVSS 10.0. Added to the CISA KEV catalog 2022-01-10.
Kibana Arbitrary Code Execution. Exploitation in the wild is confirmed by CISA, not predicted. Federal agencies were required to remediate by 2022-07-10 (that deadline has passed); treat that date as the outer bound for your own environment. Check the vendor security advisory for the fix.
Risk summary
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CISA required action
Federal (BOD 22-01) remediation due date: 2022-07-10 (past due).
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Official fix for CVE-2019-7609
Check the vendor's security advisory channel for the patched Kibana versions and workarounds.
Common questions about CVE-2019-7609
Is CVE-2019-7609 actively exploited?
Yes. CVE-2019-7609 was added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 2022-01-10, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed, not predicted. Its EPSS 30-day exploitation probability is 95%.
What is the CISA deadline and required action for CVE-2019-7609?
CISA set the federal (BOD 22-01) remediation due date at 2022-07-10, which has passed; treat any unremediated system as overdue. The verbatim required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
What fixes CVE-2019-7609?
Check the vendor's security advisory for the patched Kibana versions and any workarounds. KEV listing makes this a fix-first item: patch it ahead of higher-CVSS issues nobody is exploiting.
Can I ask my own AI about CVE-2019-7609?
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