# Kibana 8.19.9, 9.1.9, and 9.2.3 Security Update (ESA-2025-34)

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-9-9-1-9-and-9-2-3-security-update-esa-2025-34/384182
**Category:** Security Announcements
**Created:** [December 18, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-9-9-1-9-and-9-2-3-security-update-esa-2025-34/384182 "2025-12-18T21:24:54Z")
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**Kibana Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (ESA-2025-34)**

Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CWE-79) allows an authenticated user to embed a malicious script in content that will be served to web browsers causing cross-site scripting (XSS) (CAPEC-63) via a method in Vega bypassing a previous Vega XSS mitigation.

**Affected Versions:**

- 7.x: All versions
- 8.x: All versions from 8.0.0 up to and including 8.19.8
- 9.x:
  - All versions from 9.0.0 up to and including 9.1.8
  - All versions from 9.2.0 up to and including 9.2.2

**Solutions and Mitigations:**

The issue is resolved in version 8.19.9, 9.1.9, and 9.2.3.

**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: 7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N  
**CVE ID** : CVE-2025-68385

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