CVE-2026-78606

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Description

Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized disclosure, modification, and deletion of data via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs (CAPEC-1). Where two authenticated principals originating from different authentication realms share the same username value, one could read, modify, and delete the other's private Elastic AI Assistant Knowledge Base entries.

References

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-21-9-4-6-9-5-2-security-update-esa-2026-142/390093

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-01

Updated: 2026-09-02

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.2

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00145