CVE-2026-78608

Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Information Disclosure

Published Sep 1, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana can lead to information disclosure via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). An authorization control was not applied to an internal Kibana APM integration function, allowing any authenticated Kibana user to read APM server credentials that should be restricted to users holding APM or Fleet administrative privileges.

Remediation

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History
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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Elastic
Elastic kibana
Vendors & Products Elastic
Elastic kibana
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana can lead to information disclosure via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). An authorization control was not applied to an internal Kibana APM integration function, allowing any authenticated Kibana user to read APM server credentials that should be restricted to users holding APM or Fleet administrative privileges.
Title Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Information Disclosure
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

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

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
elastic
Published
Updated
Sep 1, 2026, 7:41 PM
Reserved
Aug 24, 2026, 9:13 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Sep 1, 2026, 8:17 PM
Modified
Sep 2, 2026, 2:53 PM