CVE-2019-7613

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-03-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-778

Description

Winlogbeat versions before 5.6.16 and 6.6.2 had an insufficient logging flaw. An attacker able to inject certain characters into a log entry could prevent Winlogbeat from recording the event.

Affected products

Elastic Winlogbeat: before 5.6.16; from 6.0.0 before 6.6.2 — fixed in 5.6.16, 6.6.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Elastic Winlogbeat 5.6.16, 6.6.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-6-2-and-5-6-16-security-update/173180
https://www.elastic.co/community/security
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-6-2-and-5-6-16-security-update/173180
https://www.elastic.co/community/security

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