CVE-2026-56146

Improper Access Control in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Data Modification and Information Disclosure

Published Jul 21, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Improper Access Control (CWE-284) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized modification of Entity Analytics Watchlist configuration and potential information disclosure. A low-privileged authenticated user with read-only Security Solution access could perform write operations on watchlist data that should require elevated privileges. Under specific deployment conditions, this could also allow such a user to access data beyond their authorized scope.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Elastic
Elastic kibana
Vendors & Products Elastic
Elastic kibana
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Improper Access Control (CWE-284) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized modification of Entity Analytics Watchlist configuration and potential information disclosure. A low-privileged authenticated user with read-only Security Solution access could perform write operations on watchlist data that should require elevated privileges. Under specific deployment conditions, this could also allow such a user to access data beyond their authorized scope.
Title Improper Access Control in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Data Modification and Information Disclosure
Weaknesses CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
elastic
Published
Updated
Jul 22, 2026, 6:25 PM
Reserved
Jun 19, 2026, 11:01 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jul 21, 2026, 8:17 PM
Modified
Oct 24, 2026, 7:10 PM