What is CVE-2026-72641?

CVE-2026-72641 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2026-09-01.

How severe is CVE-2026-72641?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Elastic Kibana

CVE-2026-72641

Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized modification of data via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs (CAPEC-1). An authenticated user holding only Security Solution read access in a Kibana space could enumerate and change the state of Entity Store maintainer tasks, silently disabling Entity Analytics maintenance for that space.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Elastic Kibana — versions 9.5.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

security@elastic.co

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-72641?: CVE-2026-72641 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2026-09-01.
How severe is CVE-2026-72641?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.