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Elastic Kibana EUVDEUVD-2026-87794

| CVE-2026-78582 MEDIUM
Missing Authorization (CWE-862)
2026-09-26 elastic GHSA-8638-62wr-x98m
6.5
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 space-scoped Synthetics user
  2. Delivery
    Identify monitors shared into other spaces
  3. Exploit
    Issue delete request bypassing space authorization
  4. Execution
    Destroy Elastic Agent integration config (private locations)
  5. Impact
    Permanent loss of monitoring data and config

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
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

Requires an authenticated Kibana account that already holds Synthetics privileges scoped to at least one space (PR:L) - it cannot be triggered by anonymous or non-Synthetics users. The abusable target is Synthetics monitors that are shared into other spaces the attacker lacks access to; the secondary Fleet-bypass impact (destroying the underlying Elastic Agent integration configuration) applies only to monitors associated with a private location. No user interaction and no special non-default configuration beyond having multiple Kibana spaces with shared Synthetics monitors is needed. Exploitation is limited to within the same Kibana/Elastic deployment (space-to-space), not cross-tenant or cross-organization.

Impact

This is a moderate-severity, authenticated authorization flaw (CWE-862 Missing Authorization) in Kibana, not a critical remote-code or data-theft issue. The vendor CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N, base 6.5) is internally consistent with the description: exploitation is network-reachable but requires an authenticated principal already granted Synthetics privileges (PR:L), and the only impact is integrity/data destruction (I:H) - no confidentiality (C:N) or classic availability (A:N). The A:N choice is debatable: permanently deleting monitors and silently destroying the underlying Elastic Agent integration config for private locations degrades monitoring capability, so a case for A:L exists, but modeling data destruction as integrity is defensible and I agree with the vendor score overall. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public exploit are present in the supplied data, so there is no signal of active or automated exploitation. Real-world risk is bounded by the privilege prerequisite and the intra-cluster (not cross-tenant, not cross-organization) nature of the abuse: the threat is a lower-privileged internal Synthetics operator reaching into spaces they were meant to be walled out of. This is a genuine broken-access-control bug worth patching on a normal cadence rather than an emergency, high-CVSS-but-low-real-risk edge case.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An internal user or compromised account that legitimately holds Synthetics privileges in one Kibana space issues a delete request against Synthetics monitors that are shared into other spaces they were never authorized to see. The deletion succeeds without the expected space-scoped authorization check, and for monitors tied to a private location it also tears down the associated Elastic Agent integration configuration without the checks Fleet would normally enforce. No public proof-of-concept is identified in the available data.

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

Authenticated Kibana users who hold Synthetics privileges scoped to just one space can permanently delete Synthetics monitors that are shared into other spaces they are not authorized to access, because the space-scoped authorization check is missing on the delete path (CVSS 6.5, PR:L, I:H). When a targeted monitor is tied to a private location, the same action also tears down the underlying Elastic Agent integration configuration, bypassing the authorization controls Fleet would normally enforce. The flaw is limited to space-to-space abuse inside a single Kibana/Elastic deployment rather than cross-tenant compromise, and no public exploit identified at time of analysis; Elastic has published a security update (ESA-2026-139) addressing it.

RemediationAI

Upgrade Kibana to the vendor-fixed releases 8.19.22, 9.4.7, or 9.5.3 as documented in Elastic's ESA-2026-139 advisory (https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-22-9-4-7-9-5-3-security-update-esa-2026-139/390680); this is the only complete fix, since the underlying defect is a missing server-side authorization check. If an immediate upgrade is not possible, the most effective compensating control is to narrow the blast radius rather than to patch around it: audit users holding Synthetics privileges and reduce their roles so that no account holds Synthetics write/delete rights in a space that also receives monitors shared from other spaces (trade-off: legitimate operators must switch spaces or be granted explicit per-space roles, which adds administrative overhead and may break existing workflows). Affected teams can also stop sharing Synthetics monitors across space boundaries, or convert shared monitors to space-local copies, accepting duplicated monitor objects and separate maintenance. Where monitors are bound to private locations, temporarily detach or relocate those monitors to a non-private location so that the Fleet-side Elastic Agent integration configuration is not reachable through a Synthetics delete (trade-off: private-location monitoring coverage is lost or degraded). As a detection measure, alert on Synthetics monitor deletion events where the acting user's space differs from the monitor's space, and on Elastic Agent integration removals without a corresponding Fleet authorization event; additionally audit existing Elastic Agent integrations for unexplained deletions. Note that no vendor-released patch version is cited for branches other than 8.19.22, 9.4.7 and 9.5.3 in the available data, so operators on other branches should confirm guidance with Elastic.

Affected VersionsENISA

Kibana 9.5.0 ≤9.5.2
Kibana 8.0.0 ≤8.19.21
Kibana 7.12.0 ≤7.17.29
Kibana 9.0.0 ≤9.4.6

Affected Packages

euvd kibana no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The root cause is CWE-862 Missing Authorization, exercised through CAPEC-180 (Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels). Kibana's Spaces feature partitions dashboards, saved objects and, relevant here, Synthetics monitors and their associated objects, with access mediated by per-space RBAC privileges. The Synthetics delete operation fails to re-validate the caller's privileges against the space in which a shared monitor actually resides, so a user whose Synthetics role is scoped to a single space can act on monitors fanned out into other spaces. The impact is amplified where a monitor is bound to a private location: deleting it removes the backing Elastic Agent integration configuration, a destructive operation that normally requires Fleet-level authorization checks - hence the Integrity:High score with no Confidentiality or Availability component (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N). Because the prerequisite is a valid Kibana account with existing Synthetics privileges and a multi-space deployment with shared monitors, the issue is an authorization-scope escape rather than an authentication bypass, despite the 'Authentication Bypass' tag applied by an upstream feed.

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Severity by source

Vendor (elastic) PRIMARY 6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
vuln.today AI 6.5 MEDIUM

Network-reachable API abuse by an already-authenticated Synthetics user (PR:L, AC:L, UI:N); impact is destructive deletion modeled as integrity (I:H), with no data disclosure (C:N).

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/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
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized deletion of data via Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels (CAPEC-180). An authenticated user holding Synthetics privileges scoped to a single Kibana space could permanently delete Synthetics monitors that are shared into spaces they have no access to. Where a monitor is associated with a private location, the same operation also destroys the underlying Elastic Agent integration configuration without the authorization checks that Fleet would otherwise apply.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 93% exploitable
Prevalence
High
Kibana is a core, widely-deployed component of the Elastic Stack
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

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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