Incorrect Authorization in Kibana by Elastic
CVE-2026-72641

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Elastic
Status
Kibana
Vendor
CVE Published:
1 September 2026

What is CVE-2026-72641?

An incorrect authorization vulnerability in Kibana allows authenticated users with limited access to enumerate and modify the state of Entity Store maintainer tasks. This can lead to unauthorized changes, such as disabling Entity Analytics maintenance functionalities, without the necessary permissions. Proper access control measures are not in place, which can expose sensitive data and alter operational integrity.

Affected Version(s)

Kibana 9.4.0 <= 9.4.5

Kibana 9.5.0

References

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-9-4-6-9-5-1-security-...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.4
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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