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CVE-2026-72681

CVE-2026-72681HIGH

Elastic Kibana — Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Privilege Escalation and Information Disclosure

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   L   N  U  H  H  H    8.8   .0044   35.9     —

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  Kibana   9.4.0 –   —

TIMELINE
  Aug 10  Reserved by elastic
  Aug 13  Published (CNA: elastic)
  Sep 3   RESCORED — CVE-2026-72681 (Elastic Kibana). CVSS 6.5 → 8.8 (NVD).

CWE-862 · CNA: elastic · CVSS v3.1 · 1 reference · NVD status: Analyzed

Description

Kibana Agent Builder does not correctly verify that the requesting user holds the privileges required by a separate Kibana feature before it creates and runs a tool that invokes that feature's functionality. This allows privilege escalation and could lead to disclosure of sensitive information that the user is not authorized to read.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
August 10, 2026	Reserved	Reserved by elastic
August 13, 2026	Published	Published (CNA: elastic)
September 3, 2026	RESCORED	RESCORED — CVE-2026-72681 (Elastic Kibana). CVSS 6.5 → 8.8 (NVD).

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
Elastic	Kibana	—	9.4.0	—

Weaknesses

CWE-862

References (1)

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-9-4-4-security-update-esa-2026-83/389534 [Vendor Advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2026-72681 at cve.org

Vendors: elastic

Weaknesses: CWE-862

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