Path Traversal Vulnerability in Kibana Dashboard Management by Elastic
CVE-2026-33462

4.6MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Elastic

Status
Vendor
CVE Published:
28 May 2026

What is CVE-2026-33462?

A path traversal vulnerability in Kibana's dashboard management feature could allow an authenticated user with limited permissions to manipulate dashboard identifiers. If an administrator attempts to delete such a crafted dashboard, the request may inadvertently redirect to an internal endpoint, which could lead to unauthorized deletion of user accounts or other critical resources. Exploitability hinges on the administrator executing a delete operation on the compromised dashboard.

Affected Version(s)

Kibana 9.0.0 <= 9.3.4

Kibana 8.0.0 <= 8.19.15

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.6
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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