CVE-2026-72670

A lower privileged user who holds only the privilege to read agent policies can read the entire configuration of a configured Fleet proxy. This would normally require the Fleet privilege to read settings.The proxy configuration possibly contains proxy authentication credentials and private key material that they should not be authorized to view.

CVSS v3 7.7 HIGH

7.7^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.1 / Impact : 4.0

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-20-and-9-4-5-security-update-esa-2026-87/389524	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-08-13 20:17

Updated : 2026-09-04 20:19

NVD link : CVE-2026-72670

Mitre link : CVE-2026-72670

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-72670

JSON object : View

Products Affected

elastic

kibana

CWE

CWE-200

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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