CVE-2026-72658

Cross-Site Request Forgery in Kibana Leading to Privilege Escalation

Published Aug 13, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 7.3 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CWE-352) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation via Cross Site Request Forgery (CAPEC-62). A user who is permitted to create visualizations can save a specially crafted Vega visualization that, when it is opened by another user, causes authenticated requests to be issued to Kibana in the context of the viewing user's session.

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': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Elastic
Elastic kibana
Vendors & Products Elastic
Elastic kibana
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Description Cross-Site Request Forgery (CWE-352) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation via Cross Site Request Forgery (CAPEC-62). A user who is permitted to create visualizations can save a specially crafted Vega visualization that, when it is opened by another user, causes authenticated requests to be issued to Kibana in the context of the viewing user's session.
Title Cross-Site Request Forgery in Kibana Leading to Privilege Escalation
Weaknesses CWE-352
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
elastic
Published
Updated
Aug 14, 2026, 3:56 AM
Reserved
Aug 10, 2026, 11:17 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Aug 13, 2026, 8:17 PM
Modified
Sep 2, 2026, 2:18 PM