Resource exhaustion in Elastic Kibana

CVE-2020-7016

Kibana versions before 6.8.11 and 7.8.1 contain a denial of service (DoS) flaw in Timelion. An attacker can construct a URL that when viewed by a Kibana user can lead to the Kibana process consuming large amounts of CPU and becoming unresponsive.

EPSS: 0.011 (61.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7016?
CVE-2020-7016 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under Incorrect Regular Expression. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2020-07-27.
How severe is CVE-2020-7016?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-7016 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.