CVE-2026-78608
mediumMissing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana can lead to information disclosure via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122).
Vendor / product: Elastic — kibana
Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana can lead to information disclosure via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). An authorization control was not applied to an internal Kibana APM integration function, allowing any authenticated Kibana user to read APM server credentials that should be restricted to users holding APM or Fleet administrative privileges.
CVSS
6.5
6.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (security@elastic.co)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-01 20:17
Modified: 2026-09-02 14:53
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:50 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
elastic / kibana ≥7.14.0 ≤7.17.29, ≥8.0.0 <8.19.21, ≥9.0.0 <9.4.6, ≥9.5.0 <9.5.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
References
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:50 UTC · record ↗