Improper Authorization in Kibana by Elastic
CVE-2025-68386

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Elastic
Status
Kibana
Vendor
CVE Published:
18 December 2025

What is CVE-2025-68386?

A vulnerability in Kibana allows authenticated users to exploit improper authorization, enabling them to escalate privileges by changing the sharing type of documents to 'global'. This configuration mistake can expose sensitive documents to all users within the space through crafted HTTP requests, violating access control measures and potentially leading to data breaches.

Affected Version(s)

Kibana 7.0.0 <= 7.17.29

Kibana 8.0.0 <= 8.19.7

Kibana 9.0.0 <= 9.1.7

References

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-8-9-1-8-and-9-2-...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2025-68386 : Improper Authorization in Kibana by Elastic