Elastic Kibana fixes a critical vulnerability

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[TLP:CLEAR] Elastic Kibana fixes a critical vulnerability

Elastic fixes a critical vulnerability in Kibana with version 8.17.3 [1].

Elastic Kibana - RCE (CVE-2025-25015)

CVSS 9.9 (Critical)

An authenticated remote attacker with the Viewer role can execute arbitrary code by means of a forged file and specially crafted HTTP requests. In versions 8.17.1 and 8.17.2, the vulnerability can only be exploited by users with a role that includes all of the following privileges: fleet-all, integrations-all and actions:execute-advanced-connectors [1].

The vulnerability is present in product:

*:Kibana; >=8.15.0, <8.17.3

CVSS: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

More information:

CVE-2025-25015 at cve.org, NVD
CWE-1321: Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution') at cwe.mitre.org

The vulnerability was publicly disclosed 5. 3. 2025.

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[TLP:CLEAR] Elastic Kibana fixes a critical vulnerability

Elastic Kibana - RCE (CVE-2025-25015)

CVSS 9.9 (Critical)

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