Auth bypass in Elastic Kibana
CVE-2026-72669
The state that Kibana stores for an Observability Onboarding flow is not bound to the user who created the flow, and the routes that read and update that state do not verify ownership. An authenticated user who holds only generic read access to the space can therefore discover the onboarding flows of other users, read their onboarding state, and write arbitrary progress data into them. A tampered flow can also cause the owner's onboarding view to fail with a server error.
Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L.
Affected products
- Elastic Kibana — versions 8.9.0, 9.0.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-72669?
- CVE-2026-72669 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 7.6/10. Published 2026-08-13.
- How severe is CVE-2026-72669?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.6 out of 10.