CVE-2026-72669

Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Cross-User Information Disclosure and Data Tampering

Published Aug 13, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 7.6 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The state that Kibana stores for an Observability Onboarding flow is not bound to the user who created the flow, and the routes that read and update that state do not verify ownership. An authenticated user who holds only generic read access to the space can therefore discover the onboarding flows of other users, read their onboarding state, and write arbitrary progress data into them. A tampered flow can also cause the owner's onboarding view to fail with a server error.

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': '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 The state that Kibana stores for an Observability Onboarding flow is not bound to the user who created the flow, and the routes that read and update that state do not verify ownership. An authenticated user who holds only generic read access to the space can therefore discover the onboarding flows of other users, read their onboarding state, and write arbitrary progress data into them. A tampered flow can also cause the owner's onboarding view to fail with a server error.
Title Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Cross-User Information Disclosure and Data Tampering
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L'}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
elastic
Published
Updated
Aug 13, 2026, 8:33 PM
Reserved
Aug 10, 2026, 11:17 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Aug 13, 2026, 8:17 PM
Modified
Sep 4, 2026, 8:18 PM