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Elastic Kibana CVE-2026-72655

| EUVDEUVD-2026-58278 MEDIUM
Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes (CWE-915)
2026-08-13 elastic GHSA-48hh-vcm6-636v
4.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: elastic
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Vendor (elastic) PRIMARY
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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4.3 MEDIUM

Network-accessible Kibana web API (AV:N), no special conditions (AC:L), authenticated low-privilege account required (PR:L), integrity-only impact on case records (I:L), no confidentiality or availability effect.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVSS VectorVendor: elastic

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Analysis Generated
Aug 13, 2026 - 20:13 vuln.today
CVE Published
Aug 13, 2026 - 19:13 cve.org
MEDIUM 4.3

DescriptionCVE.org

Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes (CWE-915) in the case management functionality of Elastic Security in Kibana can lead to unauthorized modification of case data by an authenticated user who has not been granted case editing privileges, via Manipulating User-Controlled Variables (CAPEC-77). Object attributes accepted by the case management API were not subject to the same authorization enforcement applied in the user interface, so a low-privileged user could alter case records they were only entitled to view.

AnalysisAI

Elastic Security's case management API in Kibana fails to enforce the same authorization controls applied in the UI, allowing authenticated low-privileged users to modify case records they are only entitled to view. The vulnerability arises from a mass-assignment flaw (CWE-915/CAPEC-77) where the API accepts object attributes that bypass privilege checks enforced at the UI layer - a classic server-side trust boundary mismatch. …

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Exploitation Exploitation requires an authenticated Kibana user account with at least view-level permissions on the Elastic Security case management feature - the account must have read access to cases but lack explicit case-editing privileges. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 3.1 score of 4.3 Medium (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N) accurately characterizes the limited blast radius: exploitation requires a valid authenticated session (PR:L), yields only low integrity impact on case records (I:L), and has no confidentiality or availability dimension. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in.
Remediation The primary remediation is to upgrade Kibana to the patched versions identified in vendor advisory ESA-2026-110, available at https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-20-9-4-5-security-update-esa-2026-110/389523. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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