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Kibana CVE-2026-42401

| EUVD-2026-33012 MEDIUM
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2026-05-28 elastic
4.1
CVSS 3.1
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CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

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Analysis Generated
May 28, 2026 - 20:24 vuln.today

DescriptionNVD

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (CWE-79) in Kibana can lead to stored HTML injection. A user with write access to an Elasticsearch index could persist crafted markup which, when subsequently rendered through an affected Kibana view by another user, was not sufficiently sanitized. Successful exploitation could result in unauthorized UI manipulation and outbound network requests issued from the viewing user's browser session.

AnalysisAI

Stored HTML injection in Kibana allows a low-privileged authenticated user with write access to an Elasticsearch index to persist crafted markup that is insufficiently sanitized when rendered in an affected Kibana view. When a second user opens the compromised view, their browser processes the unsanitized content, enabling unauthorized manipulation of the Kibana UI and issuing outbound network requests from the victim's browser session. …

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CVE-2026-42401 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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