CVE-2026-72658
Published:August 13, 2026
Updated:August 31, 2026
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CWE-352) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation via Cross Site Request Forgery (CAPEC-62). A user who is permitted to create visualizations can save a specially crafted Vega visualization that, when it is opened by another user, causes authenticated requests to be issued to Kibana in the context of the viewing user's session.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/elastic/kibana.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v8.19.0 <v8.19.20Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v8.19.20https://github.com/elastic/kibana.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v9.0.0 <v9.4.5Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v9.4.5Related Resources (1)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
8.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
EPSS
Base Score:
0.13