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CVE-2026-78608: Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Information Disclosure
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 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-862
Description
Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana can lead to information disclosure via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). An authorization control was not applied to an internal Kibana APM integration function, allowing any authenticated Kibana user to read APM server credentials that should be restricted to users holding APM or Fleet administrative privileges.
Affected products
- Kibana: from 7.14.0 through 7.17.29; from 8.0.0 before 8.19.21; from 9.0.0 before 9.4.6; from 9.5.0 before 9.5.2 — fixed in 8.19.21, 9.4.6, 9.5.2
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Kibana 8.19.21, 9.4.6, 9.5.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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