What is CVE-2026-72658?

CVE-2026-72658 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2026-08-13.

How severe is CVE-2026-72658?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.

CSRF in Elastic Kibana

CVE-2026-72658

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CWE-352) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation via Cross Site Request Forgery (CAPEC-62). A user who is permitted to create visualizations can save a specially crafted Vega visualization that, when it is opened by another user, causes authenticated requests to be issued to Kibana in the context of the viewing user's session.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Elastic Kibana — versions 8.19.0, 9.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

security@elastic.co

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-72658?: CVE-2026-72658 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2026-08-13.
How severe is CVE-2026-72658?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.