Auth bypass in Elastic Kibana

CVE-2026-78601

Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana can lead to information disclosure via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). An authorization control was not applied to a Kibana Entity Store configuration operation, allowing an authenticated user with elevated Kibana privileges to indirectly cause a background task to read from Elasticsearch indices that user is not authorized to access. Derived entity data from those indices is then exposed through the entity store output.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-78601?
CVE-2026-78601 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-09-02.
How severe is CVE-2026-78601?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.