# Kibana 8.19.7, 9.1.7, 9.2.1 Security Update (ESA-2025-25)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-7-9-1-7-9-2-1-security-update-esa-2025-25/383379>\
**Category:** Security Announcements\
**Created:** [November 12, 2025, 9:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-7-9-1-7-9-2-1-security-update-esa-2025-25/383379 "2025-11-12T09:33:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 9:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-7-9-1-7-9-2-1-security-update-esa-2025-25/383379/1 "2025-11-12T09:33:52Z")

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**Kibana Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (ESA-2025-25)**

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in Kibana can lead to DOM-based XSS due to the use of Vega. The issue on Vega is tracked as CVE-2025-59840

**Affected Versions:**

All kibana versions before and including 8.19.6

All kibana versions from 9.0.0 up to and including 9.1.6

Kibana version 9.2.0

**Affected Configurations:**

All Kibana instances where Vega Visualizations are enabled ( default behavior ).

**Solutions and Mitigations:**

Users should upgrade to version 8.19.7, 9.1.7, 9.2.1.

**For Users that Cannot Upgrade:**

**Self-hosted**

For on premise installations, you can set vis\_type\_vega.enabled: false in kibana.yml file. Note that this will disable all Vega charts in Kibana.

**Cloud**

For Elastic Cloud services deployments, you can set vis\_type\_vega.enabled: false in kibana user settings. Note that this will disable all Vega charts in Kibana.

**Elastic Cloud Serverless**

Due to our continuous deployment and patching model, the vulnerability described in this security advisory was remediated in our Elastic Cloud Serverless before the public disclosure.

**Severity:** CVSSv3.1: 8.7 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

**CVE ID** : CVE-2025-59840

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