TI-2026-54645 Aliases CVE-2026-78596 GHSA-fcr2-g7h7-m264

Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Cross-Space Write Operations

LOW 20CWE-862Published 2026-09-03 · Updated 2026-09-03

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00268 19th 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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Elastic	Kibana	8.18.3 – 8.19.20; 9.0.3 – 9.4.5; 9.5.0 – 9.5.2	—	No fix listed	CNA

Kibana VendorElastic Affected 8.18.3 – 8.19.20; 9.0.3 – 9.4.5; 9.5.0 – 9.5.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana::::::::	—	—	Elastic

cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Elastic

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-78596
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fcr2-g7h7-m264

References

Other 1

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

TI-2019-05363 Code injection in Elastic Kibana KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2015-01295 The Groovy scripting engine in Elasticsearch before 1.3.8 and 1.4.x before 1.4.3 allows… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2014-02491 The default configuration in Elasticsearch before 1.2 enables dynamic scripting, which… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
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-2023-15037 Elasticsearch StackOverflow vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2021-05135 Information disclosure in Elasticsearch CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5

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Sources

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