CVE-2026-72641

Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized modification of data via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs (CAPEC-1). An authenticated user holding only Security Solution read access in a Kibana space could enumerate and change the state of Entity Store maintainer tasks, silently disabling Entity Analytics maintenance for that space.

CVSS v3 5.4 MEDIUM

5.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.5

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-9-4-6-9-5-1-security-update-esa-2026-122/390089	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:9.5.0:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-09-01 20:17

Updated : 2026-09-02 14:21

NVD link : CVE-2026-72641

Mitre link : CVE-2026-72641

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-72641

JSON object : View

Products Affected

elastic

kibana

CWE

CWE-863

Incorrect Authorization

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