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Elastic Kibana EUVDEUVD-2026-87793

| CVE-2026-72662 MEDIUM
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639)
2026-09-26 elastic GHSA-hgww-7pvf-x93v
6.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: elastic
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticate as low-privileged Kibana user in shared space
  2. Delivery
    Enumerate other users' draft Timeline object IDs
  3. Exploit
    Bypass per-user ACL via user-controlled key
  4. Execution
    Read/modify/delete victims' Timeline drafts
  5. Impact
    Unauthorized disclosure or data tampering

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Object-level authorization, IDOR prevention
Exploitation Conditions

Requires an authenticated Kibana user account that has been granted the Timeline feature privilege within a Kibana space (PR:L). Read/enumeration/disclosure of other users' draft Timeline objects requires only Timeline read access; modification and deletion additionally require the Timeline write privilege. Exploitation is limited to draft Timeline objects belonging to other users in the SAME Kibana space, so the flaw is only meaningful in multi-user shared-space deployments where Timeline privileges are granted to more than one principal - a single-user space or environments that do not use the Timeline feature are not exposed. No user interaction from the victim is needed.

Impact

This is a genuine but moderate-severity issue, best characterized as a same-space, cross-user authorization bypass (CWE-639 / IDOR) rather than a critical break. The vendor CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L, base 6.3) is internally consistent with the description: exploitation is network-reachable and low-complexity, but requires an authenticated Kibana user who has already been granted the Timeline feature privilege in a space (PR:L), and impact is limited to draft Timeline objects belonging to other users in that same space (Low confidentiality, integrity, and availability). No EPSS score, CISA KEV entry, or public POC was provided in the input, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation. The signals are aligned rather than conflicting: a high-fidelity vendor advisory (Elastic ESA-2026-103) with a moderate CVSS and no exploitation indicators points to a real but non-urgent patch-management priority - an insider/multi-tenant data-integrity concern, not an internet-facing pre-auth RCE. The main caveats are that PR:L is only meaningful where multiple users share a Kibana space and Timeline privileges are broadly granted, and that write/modify/delete impact requires the additional Timeline write privilege (read-only users can still enumerate and disclose).

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An authenticated Kibana user who has been granted the Timeline feature privilege within a shared space enumerates and reads draft Timeline objects created by other analysts in that same space, disclosing investigation data they should not see. If that same user also holds the Timeline write privilege, they can modify or delete other users' draft Timelines, tampering with or destroying colleagues' work. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 26, 2026

Cross-user authorization bypass in Elastic Kibana lets an authenticated user who holds the Timeline feature privilege in a Kibana space enumerate, read, modify, and delete draft Timeline objects that belong to other users in that same space, because object ownership is enforced through a user-controlled key rather than through a proper ACL check. Only Timeline read privilege is needed to enumerate and disclose other users' drafts, while the Timeline write privilege is additionally required to alter or delete them; the issue is therefore meaningful only in multi-user, shared Kibana spaces where Timeline privileges are granted to more than one principal, and it is rated CVSS 6.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L), indicating moderate confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis and the issue is not listed as confirmed actively exploited (CISA KEV); the vendor advisory referenced for this CVE points to the Kibana 8.19.22 and 9.4.6 security update (ESA-2026-103).

RemediationAI

The primary fix is to upgrade to the vendor-released patched versions identified in the referenced advisory, Elastic Kibana 8.19.22 or 9.4.6 (ESA-2026-103, see https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-22-9-4-6-security-update-esa-2026-103/390679), which the vendor published to address this CVE; if the deployment is on a different branch, confirm the corresponding fixed build in that advisory before assuming the issue is resolved, because the supplied CPE data is version-wildcarded and does not itself enumerate the affected range. Where an immediate upgrade is not possible, compensating controls should target the privilege that enables the bypass: remove or reduce the Kibana Timeline feature privilege (especially Timeline write/all access) for roles in spaces where multiple users collaborate, which removes the ability to modify or delete other users' drafts and narrows enumeration to only those principals retaining Timeline read access, with the trade-off that legitimate Timeline collaboration in that space stops working for the demoted roles. Additional containment options are to restrict the number of distinct principals granted Timeline privileges within a given space so that each space has effectively a single Timeline user, eliminating the cross-user condition the vulnerability requires, at the cost of losing shared Timeline workflows; or to avoid storing sensitive content in draft Timelines until the upgrade is applied, since read access is sufficient for enumeration and disclosure and the write privileges are only needed for the destructive actions. These are risk-reduction measures only and do not fix the underlying authorization bypass, so the version upgrade to 8.19.22 or 9.4.6 should be scheduled regardless; post-upgrade, review Timeline privilege assignments across spaces to confirm the least-privilege posture, and audit Timeline objects for unexpected modification or deletion that may indicate prior exploitation, even though no public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation (CISA KEV) has been identified at time of analysis.

Affected VersionsENISA

Kibana 8.0.0 ≤8.19.21
Kibana 9.4.0 ≤9.4.5

Affected Packages

euvd kibana no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

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Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The root cause class is CWE-639, Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key, a classic insecure direct object reference (IDOR) pattern in which an application uses a key supplied or influenced by the requester to look up a resource without verifying that the requester is authorized to access that specific object. In Kibana's case the affected resource type is the draft Timeline object, and the containing security boundary is the Kibana space plus the Timeline feature privilege. Kibana's spaces model segments saved objects, and the Timeline feature privileges (read and write/all) are expected to constrain which Timeline saved objects a principal can see and mutate; here that per-object ownership constraint (CAPEC-1, Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs) was not correctly applied, so a principal with Timeline read access in a space can reach other users' draft Timelines, and a principal with Timeline write access can also modify or delete them. Note that the flaw is entirely dependent on the authorization layer rather than on a memory-safety or code-execution primitive: the CVSS vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U with low C/I/A reflects an authenticated, network-reachable, no-user-interaction data-integrity and confidentiality problem confined to the same space. The supplied CPE, cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, identifies Elastic Kibana generally but is version-wildcarded, so the exact affected version range must be taken from the vendor advisory rather than from the CPE alone.

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Severity by source

Vendor (elastic) PRIMARY 6.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
vuln.today AI 6.3 MEDIUM

Network-reachable, low-complexity, but requires an authenticated user with the granted Timeline privilege (PR:L); impact is bounded to same-space draft Timelines so C/I/A are each Low.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (elastic).

CVSS VectorVendor: elastic

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

DescriptionCVE.org

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized disclosure, modification, and deletion of data via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs (CAPEC-1). An authenticated user granted the Timeline feature privilege in a Kibana space could enumerate, read, modify, and delete draft Timeline objects belonging to other users in the same space. Read access is sufficient for enumeration and disclosure; the Timeline write privilege is required for modification and deletion.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 94% exploitable
Prevalence
High
Kibana is a very widely deployed enterprise analytics/observability and SIEM UI
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
High
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

32
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +32
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

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