Name: CVE-2020-7016: Incorrect Regular Expression
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2020-07-27T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2020-7016, CWE-185, CWE-400, CVSS 4.8, EPSS 0.01085

Kibana versions before 6.8.11 and 7.8.1 contain a denial of service (DoS) flaw in Timelion. An attacker can construct a URL that when viewed by a Kibana user can lead to the Kibana process consuming large amounts of CPU and becoming unresponsive.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Elastic Kibana	—	Upgrade Elastic Kibana to the latest version	Sep 3, 2025	Jul 27, 2020
Vmware Photon_os	—	Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version.	Jan 20, 2025	Jul 27, 2020

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CVSS Details

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