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CVE-2026-72681: Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Privilege Escalation and Information Disclosure
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-08-13 · updated 2026-09-03
- Weakness: CWE-862
Description
Kibana Agent Builder does not correctly verify that the requesting user holds the privileges required by a separate Kibana feature before it creates and runs a tool that invokes that feature's functionality. This allows privilege escalation and could lead to disclosure of sensitive information that the user is not authorized to read.
Affected products
- Kibana: from 9.4.0 before 9.4.4 — fixed in 9.4.4
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Kibana 9.4.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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