Kibana 8.15-8.17 Prototype Pollution -> Arbitrary Code Exec via Crafted Upload
CVE-2025-25015 Published on March 5, 2025
Kibana arbitrary code execution via prototype pollution
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
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-25015 can be exploited with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.
Weakness Type
What is a Prototype Pollution Vulnerability?
The software receives input from an upstream component that specifies attributes that are to be initialized or updated in an object, but it does not properly control modifications of attributes of the object prototype.
CVE-2025-25015 has been classified to as a Prototype Pollution vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-25015
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Affected Versions
Elastic Kibana:- Version 8.15.0 and below 8.16.6 is affected.
- Version 8.17.0 and below 8.17.3 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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