Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate to Kibana with ML job management credentials
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DeliveryNavigate to ML job management within assigned Space
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ExploitTrigger job saved object operation that bypasses space-boundary enforcement
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ExecutionJob saved object becomes accessible across all Spaces
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ImpactRead ML job configurations and results from unauthorized Spaces
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization logic validation
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires: (1) a valid authenticated Kibana account - unauthenticated access is not possible (PR:L in CVSS vector confirms this); (2) the account must hold ML job management privileges within at least one Kibana Space; (3) the target Kibana instance must use the Spaces feature with multiple Spaces configured, and those Spaces must be intended to enforce access segregation between users. Deployments using a single Space or where all users share equivalent permissions gain no meaningful additional exposure from this flaw. The vulnerability is limited to the Kibana machine learning saved object handling path; Elasticsearch, Logstash, and other Elastic Stack components are not in scope. Integrity impact (I:L) reflects that the saved object's Space association can be modified, not that arbitrary data can be written. |
| Impact | The CVSS 5.4 Medium rating is consistent with the realistic threat model. Exploitation is constrained by the PR:L requirement - the attacker must already hold an authenticated account with ML job management privileges in at least one Space, ruling out external or unauthenticated attack paths. The resulting impact is bounded: confidentiality and integrity are each rated Low (C:L/I:L), reflecting access to ML job saved object data rather than full Kibana data exfiltration or system compromise. No KEV listing exists and no public exploit code is available, and no EPSS score is present in the provided intelligence. The attack surface is most meaningful in multi-tenant Kibana deployments where Spaces are relied upon as a hard security boundary between teams with different data-sensitivity clearances - in single-team or flat-permission environments, the cross-space disclosure is largely academic. The absence of availability impact (A:N) confirms this is a data-exposure flaw, not a denial-of-service or destructive vector. Overall, this warrants prompt patching in environments using Spaces-based access segregation, but is not a critical emergency for organizations without strict cross-team isolation requirements. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An analyst account with ML job management rights in a restricted Kibana Space performs a specific job configuration operation that causes the job's saved object to propagate across all Spaces in the instance. The analyst can then read ML job metadata, configurations, or results belonging to other teams in separate Spaces - such as a security analytics team's threat-detection model outputs - without having been granted access to those Spaces. No public exploit code is known at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 02, 2026
Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Kibana's machine learning feature allows an authenticated low-privileged user to escalate their effective access beyond their assigned Kibana Space. A user holding ML job management privileges within a single Space can manipulate a job's saved object so it becomes accessible across all Spaces in the Kibana instance, bypassing the tenant-isolation boundary without holding rights to those additional Spaces. Vendor-released patches are available in versions 8.19.19, 9.3.8, and 9.4.4; no public exploit code or CISA KEV listing has been identified at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
Upgrade Kibana to version 8.19.19, 9.3.8, or 9.4.4 per Elastic advisory ESA-2026-156 at https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-19-9-3-8-9-4-4-security-update-esa-2026-156/390111. For organizations unable to patch immediately, the most effective compensating control is to restrict ML job management privileges to only users who already have legitimate visibility across all Kibana Spaces, effectively eliminating the privilege-escalation delta. Auditing and reducing the set of accounts holding ML job management roles within each Space - following the principle of least privilege - limits the population of potential exploiters without requiring any downtime. Note that restricting ML job management may impact operational teams that rely on it for routine job creation and monitoring, so coordination with data-science or operations teams is advised before applying this workaround.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Kibana's Spaces feature provides logical namespace isolation, allowing organizations to partition dashboards, saved objects, and ML job configurations into separate access-controlled containers. Saved objects - the persistence layer for ML job definitions, results, and metadata - are expected to be scoped strictly to their originating Space. CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization) indicates the authorization check exists but is implemented incorrectly: a specific ML job management operation can alter a saved object's Space associations or visibility flags in a way that defeats the intended boundary. The affected product is cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (all Kibana versions prior to the patched releases). The CAPEC-180 classification (Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels) accurately describes the mechanism - the attacker exploits a misconfigured enforcement point rather than breaking cryptography or bypassing authentication.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
PR:L reflects mandatory ML job management authentication; C:L/I:L because only ML job saved objects are exposed or modified, not broader Kibana or Elasticsearch data.
Primary rating from Vendor (elastic).
CVSS VectorVendor: elastic
DescriptionCVE.org
Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in the Kibana machine learning feature can lead to information disclosure via Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels (CAPEC-180). An authenticated user holding machine learning job management privileges within a single Kibana space could cause a job's saved object to become accessible across all spaces in the Kibana instance, without holding access rights to those additional spaces.
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
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