CVE-2026-78597
Missing Authorization in Kibana Entity Store Leading to Unauthorized API Key Creation
CVSS Score
4.3
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in the Kibana Entity Store feature can lead to unauthorized credential creation via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs (CAPEC-1). An authenticated user holding only low-privilege Security feature access could invoke an administrative operation that creates and persists Elasticsearch API keys under the caller's identity, bypassing the elevated cluster and Kibana privileges that the documented Entity Store setup flow requires.
| CWE | CWE-862 |
| 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:L/I:N/A:N Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Affected Versions
Elastic / Kibana
8.0.0 ≤ 8.19.20 9.0.3 ≤ 9.4.5