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Kibana 8.3.0 < 8.17.6 / 8.18.0 < 8.18.1 / 9.0.0 < 9.0.1 Arbitrary Code Execution (ESA-2025-07)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 235659

Synopsis

The remote host is missing a security update.

Description

A Prototype pollution vulnerability in Kibana leads to arbitrary code execution via crafted HTTP requests to machine learning and reporting endpoints.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Kibana version 8.17.6, 8.18.1, 9.0.1 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?5c2e226f

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 235659

File Name: kibana_ESA-2025-07.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 5/9/2025

Updated: 5/9/2025

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-25014

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:elasticsearch:kibana

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Kibana, Settings/ParanoidReport

Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/6/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-25014

IAVB: 2025-B-0072