# CVE-2023-31414: Code injection in Kibana

> An attacker with write access to Kibana configuration files can inject JavaScript to execute arbitrary commands on the host system.

- **Severity:** High 8.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 May 2023
- **Updated:** 29 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2gwg-52c6-q2hx

## What is CVE-2023-31414?

CVE-2023-31414 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, published on 4 May 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Kibana versions 8.0.0 through 8.7.0 contain an arbitrary code execution flaw. An attacker with write access to Kibana yaml or env configuration could add a specific payload that will attempt to execute JavaScript code. This could lead to the attacker executing arbitrary commands on the host system with permissions of the Kibana process.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-31414?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Elastic Kibana.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-31414?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-31414 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-31414 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-31414 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Elastic Kibana

- [CVE-2019-7609](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-7609/): Kibana Arbitrary Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-25015](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-25015/): Kibana arbitrary code execution via prototype pollution (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2024-37288](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37288/): Deserialization in Kibana (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2023-31415](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-31415/): Code injection in Kibana (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2018-17245](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17245/): Information disclosure in Kibana (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-31414 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-31414 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, published on 4 May 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-31414 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Elastic Kibana. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-31414/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-31414/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-31414
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-31414
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-31414

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-31414/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.