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TI-2026-50911 Aliases CVE-2026-72673GHSA-39jx-7xf9-qq62

Incorrect Authorization in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Deletion of Synthetics Private Locations

Priority LOW 24CWE-863Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · Low
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.

Summary

Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized deletion of Synthetics private locations via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs (CAPEC-1). Synthetics private locations can be shared with more than one space, and deleting one removes it from every space it is shared with. The safeguard that prevented the deletion of a private location still in use evaluated only the monitors visible in the requesting user's own space, so monitors that depend on the private location in other spaces were not taken into account. As a result, an authenticated Kibana user holding the Synthetics write privilege in a single space could delete a private location that other spaces still depend on, even where the user has no access to those spaces. Deleting the private location removes the shared configuration and stops the monitors in the other spaces from running, which suppresses the availability monitoring those spaces rely on.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00309 23rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ElasticKibana8.0.0 – 8.19.19; 9.0.0 – 9.4.3—No fix listedCNA
  • Kibana VendorElastic Affected 8.0.0 – 8.19.19; 9.0.0 – 9.4.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0.0 to before 8.19.20; 9.0.0 to before 9.4.4VulnerableElastic
  • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0.0 to before 8.19.20; 9.0.0 to before 9.4.4 Vulnerable ·Elastic

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-72673
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-39jx-7xf9-qq62

References

  • 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
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