CVE-2026-78592Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Deletion of Privileged Resources
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Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE-22) in Kibana can lead to the unauthorized deletion of privileged resources via Path Traversal (CAPEC-126). A low-privileged user holding tag creation privileges could cause a subsequent administrative action in the tag management interface to act on an unintended target, resulting in the deletion of privileged resources including administrative accounts and other organizational assets. Exploitation requires an administrator to interact with the affected interface.
- CVSS
- 7.3 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- elastic
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Sep 1, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Elastic Kibana elastic:kibana (from the name) | from 7.11.0 through 7.17.29; from 8.0.0 through 8.19.15; from 9.0.0 through 9.3.4; from 9.4.0 through 9.4.1 | CNA record |
elastic kibana elastic:kibana | from 7.11.0 through 7.17.29; from 8.0.0 before 8.19.16; from 9.0.0 before 9.3.5; from 9.4.0 before 9.4.2 | NVD |
References
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-16-9-3-5-9-4-2-security-update-esa-2026-160/390077vendor-advisory
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