CVE-2026-72677
Relative Path Traversal in Kibana Fleet Leading to Unauthorized Deletion of Users and Other Resources
CVSS Score
7.3
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
Relative Path Traversal (CWE-23) in Kibana can lead to the unauthorized deletion of Kibana resources via Relative Path Traversal (CAPEC-139). Kibana Fleet accepted a user-supplied identifier for a Fleet Server host configuration without rejecting relative traversal sequences. The identifier is stored as provided and is later incorporated into the request that Kibana issues when that configuration is removed.
| CWE | CWE-23 |
| 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:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected Versions
Elastic / Kibana
8.0.0 ≤ 8.19.16 9.0.0 ≤ 9.3.5 9.4.0 ≤ 9.4.2