๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-72665

HIGH 8.1

Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Execution of Host Response Actions

CVSS Score
8.1
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized execution of Osquery and Elastic Defend response actions on managed hosts via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs (CAPEC-1). A Kibana user who is able to author and evaluate Elastic Security detection rules can cause response actions to be carried out against enrolled agents without holding the Osquery live query privileges or the Elastic Defend response action privileges that normally govern those capabilities. Depending on the response action involved, this can result in disclosure of information from the affected hosts or in unauthorized changes to their state.

CWE CWE-862
Vendor elastic
Product kibana
Published Aug 13, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Affected Versions

Elastic / Kibana
8.5.0 โ‰ค 8.19.19 9.0.0 โ‰ค 9.4.4

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
discuss.elastic.co: https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-20-and-9-4-5-security-update-esa-2026-96/389528