Auth bypass in Elastic Kibana
CVE-2026-72630
Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Kibana Fleet can lead to privilege escalation via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). Fleet restricts some callers to managing integration policies for one specific integration. When an existing integration policy was updated, that restriction was evaluated against the integration recorded on the stored policy rather than against the replacement integration supplied with the update. An authenticated user holding only the Elastic Defend endpoint policy management privilege was therefore able to convert an endpoint policy they administer into a policy for a different integration, and to supply that integration's configuration at the same time.
Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Elastic Kibana — versions 8.19.0, 9.0.0, 9.5.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-72630?
- CVE-2026-72630 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2026-08-13.
- How severe is CVE-2026-72630?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.