Improper Privilege Management in Kibana Fleet Leading to Over-Scoped Elastic Agent API Keys (Elastic Kibana)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.33 % · percentile 26 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- elastic
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269) in Kibana Fleet can lead to privilege escalation via Privilege Escalation (CAPEC-233). An integration policy may optionally declare extra data streams that the integration writes to, which Fleet adds to the Elasticsearch API key issued to Elastic Agents enrolled in the corresponding agent policy. The resulting key allows new documents to be inserted and index mappings to be extended for specific indices. The key does not allow reading, updating, or deleting existing documents
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N | elastic |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N | NVD · security@elastic.co (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-58220
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-72631
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1020 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Elastic Kibana · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 9.1.0 < 9.4.5cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:9.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Elastic · Kibana | affected 9.1.0 ≤ 9.4.4 ; affected 9.5.0 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |