CVE-2026-72661

Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana can lead to information disclosure via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs (CAPEC-1). An internal Kibana data retrieval capability used by Elastic Defend endpoint response actions did not enforce the Security Solution and endpoint privileges that its user-facing equivalents require, and it retrieved data with elevated internal permissions rather than the permissions of the requesting user. As a result, an authenticated low-privileged Kibana user with no Security Solution privileges, endpoint privileges and no Elasticsearch privileges on the underlying data, could read endpoint response action records and the corresponding response content returned by managed hosts.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-19-9-3-8-9-4-4-security-update-esa-2026-102/389513	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-08-13 20:17

Updated : 2026-09-02 14:13

NVD link : CVE-2026-72661

Mitre link : CVE-2026-72661

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-72661

JSON object : View

Products Affected

elastic

kibana

CWE

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

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