CVE-2026-72661
Published:August 13, 2026
Updated:August 31, 2026
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.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/elastic/kibana.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v8.12.0 <v8.19.19Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v8.19.19https://github.com/elastic/kibana.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v9.0.0 <v9.3.8Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v9.3.8https://github.com/elastic/kibana.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v9.4.0 <v9.4.4Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v9.4.4Related Resources (1)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
7.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
6.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Missing Authorization
EPSS
Base Score:
0.28