CVE-2026-78608Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Information Disclosure
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Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana can lead to information disclosure via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). An authorization control was not applied to an internal Kibana APM integration function, allowing any authenticated Kibana user to read APM server credentials that should be restricted to users holding APM or Fleet administrative privileges.
- CVSS
- 6.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-862
- 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 7.14.0 through 7.17.29; from 8.0.0 through 8.19.20; from 9.0.0 through 9.4.5; from 9.5.0 through 9.5.1 | CNA record |
elastic kibana elastic:kibana | from 7.14.0 through 7.17.29; from 8.0.0 before 8.19.21; from 9.0.0 before 9.4.6; from 9.5.0 before 9.5.2 | NVD |
References
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-21-9-4-6-9-5-2-security-update-esa-2026-144/390064vendor-advisory
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