CVE-2025-25015 (GCVE-0-2025-25015)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-05 09:46 – Updated: 2026-02-26 19:09
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Kibana arbitrary code execution via prototype pollution
Summary
Prototype pollution in Kibana leads to arbitrary code execution via a crafted file upload and specifically crafted HTTP requests.
In Kibana versions >= 8.15.0 and < 8.17.1, this is exploitable by users with the Viewer role. In Kibana versions 8.17.1 and 8.17.2 , this is only exploitable by users that have roles that contain all the following privileges: fleet-all, integrations-all, actions:execute-advanced-connectors
Severity
9.9 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-06 04:55 UTC
CWE
- CWE-1321 - Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
Date Public
2025-03-05 09:44
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