# CVE-2024-12556: Kibana Prototype Pollution can lead to code injection

> CVE-2024-12556: Kibana Prototype Pollution can lead to code injection. CVSS 8.7 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2024-12556
Last updated: 2026-06-17T06:59:56Z

- Published: 2025-04-08 20:04 UTC · Updated: 2026-06-17 06:59 UTC · Assigner: elastic
- CVSS: 8.7 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS: 0.55%, 46th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-1321

## Description

Prototype Pollution in Kibana can lead to code injection via unrestricted file upload combined with path traversal.

## Affected vendors and products

- Elastic: Kibana

## Tracked companies

- [Elastic Cloud](https://rewindex.com/company/elastic-cloud.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12556)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12556)
- [https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-16-4-and-8-17-2-security-update-esa-2025-02/376918](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-16-4-and-8-17-2-security-update-esa-2025-02/376918)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2024-12556 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2024-12556.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2024-12556 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:13:26.105Z