CVE-2026-72631
Improper Privilege Management in Kibana Fleet Leading to Over-Scoped Elastic Agent API Keys
CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269) in Kibana Fleet can lead to privilege escalation via Privilege Escalation (CAPEC-233). An integration policy may optionally declare extra data streams that the integration writes to, which Fleet adds to the Elasticsearch API key issued to Elastic Agents enrolled in the corresponding agent policy. The resulting key allows new documents to be inserted and index mappings to be extended for specific indices. The key does not allow reading, updating, or deleting existing documents
| CWE | CWE-269 |
| Vendor | elastic |
| Product | kibana |
| Published | Aug 13, 2026 |
| Last Updated | Aug 13, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Affected Versions
Elastic / Kibana
9.1.0 ≤ 9.4.4 9.5.0