CVE-2026-78596

Published: Sep 3, 2026Modified: Sep 8, 2026

4.3

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 1.4

Source: security@elastic.co (Secondary)

Description

Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Modification of Data / Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized modification of data via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). An authenticated user holding Security read-level access in a single Kibana space could trigger Entity Analytics migration operations that perform privileged writes across all Kibana spaces, regardless of that user's actual access scope.

Related CWEs

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

References (1)

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-21-9-4-6-9-5-3-security-update-esa-2026-154/390161

Source: security@elastic.co

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