CVE-2025-68386
December 18, 2025
Improper Authorization (CWE-285) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation (CAPEC-233) by allowing an authenticated user to change a document's sharing type to "global," even though they do not have permission to do so, making it visible to everyone in the space via a crafted a HTTP request.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/elastic/kibana.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v9.2.0 <v9.2.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v9.2.2https://github.com/elastic/kibana.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v9.1.0 <v9.1.8Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v9.1.8https://github.com/elastic/kibana.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v7.0.0 <v8.19.8Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v8.19.8Related Resources (1)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
5.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
LOW
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
4.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Incorrect Authorization
EPSS
Base Score:
0.04
