Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in Kibana Leading to Information Disclosure
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-250.
Summary
Execution with Unnecessary Privileges (CWE-250) in the Kibana machine learning feature can lead to information disclosure via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). An operation available to users holding only read access to the machine learning feature was performed with an internal service identity rather than the identity of the requesting user. Such a user could therefore receive data from Elasticsearch indices they are not authorized to read. No Elasticsearch cluster or index privileges are required.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elastic | Kibana | 8.0.0 – 8.19.20; 9.0.0 – 9.4.5; 9.5.0 – 9.5.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Kibana VendorElastic Affected 8.0.0 – 8.19.20; 9.0.0 – 9.4.5; 9.5.0 – 9.5.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 8.0.0 to before 8.19.21; 9.0.0 to before 9.4.6; 9.5.0 to before 9.5.2 | Vulnerable | Elastic |
- cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0.0 to before 8.19.21; 9.0.0 to before 9.4.6; 9.5.0 to before 9.5.2 Vulnerable ·Elastic
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-72654
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g5v5-hvmc-hhx2
References
More Elastic Kibana vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-05363 Code injection in Elastic Kibana KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2018-12328 Kibana versions before 6.4.3 and 5.6.13 contain an arbitrary file inclusion flaw in the… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-18692 Kibana arbitrary code execution via prototype pollution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-05660 Code injection in Elastic Kibana CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-24803 Deserialization of untrusted data in Elastic Kibana CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2024-24800 Kibana arbitrary code execution via YAML deserialization CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-72654 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-72654 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g5v5-hvmc-hhx2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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