RCE in Elastic Kibana
CVE-2020-7012
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. An authenticated attacker with privileges to write to the Kibana index could insert data that would cause Kibana to execute arbitrary code. This could possibly lead to an attacker executing code with the permissions of the Kibana process on the host system.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.182 (97.1th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.182 · newest: 0.182 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Elastic Kibana — versions 6.7.0 to 6.8.8 and 7.0.0 to 7.6.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.elastic.co/community/security/ (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-7012?
- CVE-2020-7012 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-06-03.
- How severe is CVE-2020-7012?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-7012 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.