Elastic Kibana up to 8.17.5/8.18.0/9.0.0 Machine Learning/Reporting prototype pollution

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Elastic Kibana up to 8.17.5/8.18.0/9.0.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Machine Learning/Reporting. This manipulation causes prototype pollution. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-25014. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Elastic Kibana up to 8.17.5/8.18.0/9.0.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Machine Learning/Reporting. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a prototype pollution vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-1321. The product 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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

It is possible to read the advisory at discuss.elastic.co. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-25014 since 01/31/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 8.17.6, 8.18.1 or 9.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.2
VulDB Temp Score: 6.9
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NVD Base Score: 9.8
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CNA Base Score: 9.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Prototype pollution
CWE: CWE-1321 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Kibana 8.17.6/8.18.1/9.0.1

Timelineinfo

01/31/2025 🔍
05/06/2025 +94 days 🔍
05/06/2025 +0 days 🔍
10/02/2025 +149 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: discuss.elastic.co
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-25014 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-25014
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-307663

Entryinfo

Created: 05/06/2025 21:13
Updated: 10/02/2025 23:34
Changes: 05/06/2025 21:13 (63), 10/02/2025 23:34 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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