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CVE-2020-7016

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-7016 describes a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in Kibana versions prior to 6.8.11 and 7.8.1, specifically within the Timelion feature. An attacker can craft a malicious URL that, when accessed by a Kibana user, causes the Kibana process to consume excessive CPU resources, leading to unresponsiveness. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.8 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with high attack complexity and requiring user interaction, resulting in high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 6.8.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.0.0, < 7.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.0.0.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_billing_and_revenue_management:12.0.0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_network_function_cloud_native_environment:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.58CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools:8.58:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.8MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
61.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0109 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 144 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: kibana
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-logging-kibana6
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: kibana

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-7016Low

kibana: DoS in Timelion

Jul 27, 2020

References

discuss.elastic.co / t/elastic-stack-6-8-11-and-7-8-1-security-update/242786
Release NotesVendor Advisory
elastic.co / community/security
Vendor Advisory
oracle.com / /security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
PatchThird Party Advisory