CVE-2026-78608

Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana can lead to information disclosure via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). An authorization control was not applied to an internal Kibana APM integration function, allowing any authenticated Kibana user to read APM server credentials that should be restricted to users holding APM or Fleet administrative privileges.

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-8-19-21-9-4-6-9-5-2-security-update-esa-2026-144/390064	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::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-09-01 20:17

Updated : 2026-09-02 14:53

NVD link : CVE-2026-78608

Mitre link : CVE-2026-78608

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-78608

JSON object : View

Products Affected

elastic

kibana

CWE

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

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