CVE-2019-7617: Elastic APM Agent

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

When the Elastic APM agent for Python versions before 5.1.0 is run as a CGI script, there is a variable name clash flaw if a remote attacker can control the proxy header. This could result in an attacker redirecting collected APM data to a proxy of their choosing.

Affected products

• Elastic APM Agent: before 5.1.0 (fixed in 5.1.0)

Published 2019-08-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.