CVE-2026-72668Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy') in Kibana Leading to Privilege Escalation
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Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy') (CWE-441) in Kibana Agent Builder can lead to privilege escalation. A non-administrative user able to edit a shared agent could cause privileged operations to be carried out under the identity of a higher-privileged user who subsequently interacts with that agent. Where the same user can also author workflows, this can extend to full administrative control of Kibana and of the Elasticsearch cluster.
- CVSS
- 7.3 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-441
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.18% (percentile 7)
- Assigned by
- elastic
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Sep 29, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Elastic Kibana elastic:kibana (from the name) | from 9.4.0 through 9.4.6 | CNA record |
References
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-9-4-7-9-5-0-security-update-esa-2026-85/390678
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