Information disclosure in Elastic Kibana
CVE-2026-72670
A lower privileged user who holds only the privilege to read agent policies can read the entire configuration of a configured Fleet proxy. This would normally require the Fleet privilege to read settings.The proxy configuration possibly contains proxy authentication credentials and private key material that they should not be authorized to view.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Elastic Kibana — versions 8.0.0, 9.0.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-72670?
- CVE-2026-72670 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2026-08-13.
- How severe is CVE-2026-72670?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.