CVE-2026-72661

Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Information Disclosure

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 13, 2026 at 07:12 PM UTC
Updated: September 2, 2026 at 02:32 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorKibana

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

8.12.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.19.188.12.0 ≤ v < 8.19.199.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 9.3.79.0.0 ≤ v < 9.3.89.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 9.4.39.4.0 ≤ v < 9.4.48.12.09.0.09.4.0
Affected range stops below 8.19.19, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.3.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.4.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.5MEDIUMelastic
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-862

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