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ElasticCVE-2026-78603

Elastic Kibana: missing authorization

Medium4.3CVE-2026-78603 · Published Sep 1, 2026 · updated Sep 2, 2026

Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana can lead to information disclosure via Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels (CAPEC-180). An authenticated user holding minimal Elasticsearch privileges could bypass Kibana feature authorization and space access controls, resulting in the unauthorized disclosure of Fleet deployment metadata from the default Kibana space.

Elastic advisory

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
Kibana
Product
>= 9.0.0, <= 9.4.5No fix yet
<= 9.5.0No fix yet
Details and references
CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Severity from
the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
Weakness
CWE-862

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