CVE-2024-12556

HIGHNVD 8.78.7—Trending — 4 sources updated this week

8.7

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

CVSS v3: 8.7
EG Score: 8.7(medium)
EPSS: 69.4%
KEV: Not listed

Published

April 8, 2025

Last Modified

October 2, 2025

References (1)

security@elastichttps://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-16-4-and-8-17-2-security-update-esa-2025-02/376918

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-1321Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes (Prototype Pollution)

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 12× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

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2026-05-30 07:46 UTCEG score recompute
2026-05-30 07:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
2026-05-29 23:42 UTCOSV refresh
2026-05-29 13:43 UTCepss_batch

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2024-12556?

CVE-2024-12556 is a high vulnerability published on April 8, 2025. Prototype Pollution in Kibana can lead to code injection via unrestricted file upload combined with path traversal.

When was CVE-2024-12556 disclosed?

CVE-2024-12556 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 8, 2025, with the most recent update on October 2, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2024-12556 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-12556 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 69.4% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-12556?

CVE-2024-12556 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.7 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2024-12556?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2024-12556, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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