ElasticCVE-2026-78608
Elastic Kibana: missing authorization
Medium6.5CVE-2026-78608 · Published Sep 1, 2026 · updated Sep 2, 2026
Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana can lead to information disclosure via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). An authorization control was not applied to an internal Kibana APM integration function, allowing any authenticated Kibana user to read APM server credentials that should be restricted to users holding APM or Fleet administrative privileges.
Affected versions
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Kibana Product | >= 7.14.0, <= 7.17.29 | No fix yet |
| >= 8.0.0, <= 8.19.20 | No fix yet | |
| >= 9.0.0, <= 9.4.5 | No fix yet | |
| >= 9.5.0, <= 9.5.1 | No fix yet |
Details and references
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Severity from
- the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
- Weakness
- CWE-862
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|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | Elasticsearch: missing authorization | Medium5.4 | 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 |
| Sep 1 | Elastic Kibana: improper authorization | Medium4.2 | No fix yet |