CVE-2025-68386

Kibana Improper Authorization

Published Dec 18, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 4.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Improper Authorization (CWE-285) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation (CAPEC-233) by allowing an authenticated user to change a document's sharing type to "global," even though they do not have permission to do so, making it visible to everyone in the space via a crafted a HTTP request.

Remediation

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History
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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Elastic
Elastic kibana
Vendors & Products Elastic
Elastic kibana
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Description Improper Authorization (CWE-285) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation (CAPEC-233) by allowing an authenticated user to change a document's sharing type to "global," even though they do not have permission to do so, making it visible to everyone in the space via a crafted a HTTP request.
Title Kibana Improper Authorization
Weaknesses CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
elastic
Published
Updated
Dec 19, 2025, 3:36 PM
Reserved
Dec 16, 2025, 7:18 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Dec 18, 2025, 11:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 9:59 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Dec 18, 2025, 10:21 PM