ElasticCVE-2026-72641
Elastic Kibana: improper authorization
Medium5.4CVE-2026-72641 · Published Sep 1, 2026 · updated Sep 2, 2026
Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized modification of data via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs (CAPEC-1). An authenticated user holding only Security Solution read access in a Kibana space could enumerate and change the state of Entity Store maintainer tasks, silently disabling Entity Analytics maintenance for that space.
Affected versions
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Kibana Product | >= 9.4.0, <= 9.4.5 | No fix yet |
| <= 9.5.0 | No fix yet |
Details and references
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- Severity from
- the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
- Weakness
- CWE-863
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|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | Elasticsearch: missing authorization | Medium5.4 | No fix yet |
| Sep 1 | Elastic Kibana: missing authorization | Medium6.5 | No fix yet |
| Sep 1 | Elastic Kibana: path traversal | High7.3 | No fix yet |
| Sep 1 | Elastic Kibana: missing authorization | Medium4.3 | No fix yet |
| Sep 1 | Elastic Kibana: missing authorization | Medium4.3 | No fix yet |
| Sep 1 | Elasticsearch: request smuggling | Medium5.9 | No fix yet |