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)

Published 2026-08-13 · last modified 2026-09-02.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (7.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 7th percentile — 7.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Elastic Kibana — versions 8.19.0, 9.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-20-and-9-4-5-security-update-esa-2026-99/389529 (Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

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.