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CVE-2026-33462: Path Traversal in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Deletion of User Accounts
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-05-28 · updated 2026-10-14
- Weakness: CWE-22
Description
A path traversal vulnerability was identified in Kibana's dashboard management functionality. An authenticated user with limited permissions could create a dashboard with a specially crafted identifier. When an administrator subsequently attempts to delete this dashboard through the Kibana interface, the deletion request is redirected to an unintended internal endpoint, potentially resulting in the unauthorized deletion of user accounts or other resources. Exploitation requires an administrator to perform a delete action on the maliciously crafted dashboard object.
Affected products
- Kibana: from 8.0.0 before 8.19.16; from 9.0.0 before 9.3.5 — fixed in 8.19.16, 9.3.5
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Kibana 8.19.16, 9.3.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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