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CVE-2026-78592: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Deletion of Privileged Resources
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 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: 2026-09-01 · updated 2026-09-02
- Weakness: CWE-22
Description
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE-22) in Kibana can lead to the unauthorized deletion of privileged resources via Path Traversal (CAPEC-126). A low-privileged user holding tag creation privileges could cause a subsequent administrative action in the tag management interface to act on an unintended target, resulting in the deletion of privileged resources including administrative accounts and other organizational assets. Exploitation requires an administrator to interact with the affected interface.
Affected products
- Kibana: from 7.11.0 through 7.17.29; from 8.0.0 before 8.19.16; from 9.0.0 before 9.3.5; from 9.4.0 before 9.4.2 — fixed in 8.19.16, 9.3.5, 9.4.2
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Kibana 8.19.16, 9.3.5, 9.4.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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