๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-72641

MEDIUM 5.4

Incorrect Authorization in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Modification of Data

CVSS Score
5.4
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized modification of data via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs (CAPEC-1). An authenticated user holding only Security Solution read access in a Kibana space could enumerate and change the state of Entity Store maintainer tasks, silently disabling Entity Analytics maintenance for that space.

CWE CWE-863
Vendor elastic
Product kibana
Published Sep 1, 2026
Last Updated Sep 1, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

Affected Versions

Elastic / Kibana
9.4.0 โ‰ค 9.4.5 9.5.0

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
discuss.elastic.co: https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-9-4-6-9-5-1-security-update-esa-2026-122/390089