ElasticCVE-2026-78596
Elastic Kibana: missing authorization
Medium4.3CVE-2026-78596 · Published Sep 3, 2026 · updated Sep 8, 2026
Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Modification of Data / Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized modification of data via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). An authenticated user holding Security read-level access in a single Kibana space could trigger Entity Analytics migration operations that perform privileged writes across all Kibana spaces, regardless of that user's actual access scope.
Affected versions
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Kibana Product | >= 8.18.3, <= 8.19.20 | No fix yet |
| >= 9.0.3, <= 9.4.5 | No fix yet | |
| >= 9.5.0, <= 9.5.2 | 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:N
- Severity from
- the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
- Weakness
- CWE-862
More Elastic advisories
All Elastic| Date | Advisory | Severity | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | Elastic Kibana: improper authorization | Medium4.3 | No fix yet |
| Sep 3 | Elastic Kibana: improper authorization | Medium6.5 | No fix yet |
| Sep 3 | Elastic Kibana: improper authorization | High8.1 | No fix yet |
| Sep 3 | Elastic Kibana: improper authorization | High8.1 | No fix yet |
| Sep 3 | Elastic Kibana: code injection | Medium4.3 | No fix yet |
| Sep 3 | Elastic Kibana: missing authorization | Medium4.3 | No fix yet |