Auth bypass in Elastic Kibana

CVE-2026-78595

Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Information Disclosure / Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in the Kibana Fleet feature can lead to information disclosure via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). An authenticated user holding read-level Fleet agent privileges in one Kibana space could enumerate agent metadata and access diagnostic content belonging to agents enrolled in other Kibana spaces.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (18.9th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 19th percentile — 18.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-78595: held from 0.002 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-78595?
CVE-2026-78595 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-09-03.
How severe is CVE-2026-78595?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.