Incorrect Authorization in Kibana Leading to Privilege Escalation (Elastic Kibana)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.39 % · percentile 33 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- elastic
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation via Input Data Manipulation (CAPEC-153). Elasticsearch cluster privilege declarations originating from integration packages were not validated before being used to mint credentials for enrolled Elastic Agents. A user holding Fleet management privileges could therefore cause every Elastic Agent on a targeted policy to receive a credential carrying arbitrarily elevated Elasticsearch cluster privileges, up to and including full cluster administration.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | elastic |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | NVD · security@elastic.co (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-70657
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-78583
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1113 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Elastic Kibana · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 8.0.0 < 8.19.21cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 9.0.0 < 9.4.6cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 9.5.0 < 9.5.3
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Elastic · Kibana | affected 8.0.0 ≤ 8.19.20 ; affected 9.0.0 ≤ 9.4.5 ; affected 9.5.0 ≤ 9.5.2 |
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 |