CVE-2026-33462

Path Traversal in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Deletion of User Accounts

Published May 28, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 4.6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', '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 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.
Title Path Traversal in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Deletion of User Accounts
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
elastic
Published
Updated
May 29, 2026, 2:55 PM
Reserved
Mar 20, 2026, 10:53 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
May 28, 2026, 8:16 PM
Modified
Oct 14, 2026, 8:10 PM