Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 1, 2026· Updated Sep 2, 2026
CVE-2026-72644
CVE-2026-72644
Description
Uncaught Exception (CWE-248) in Kibana can lead to a denial of service via Input Data Manipulation (CAPEC-153). An authenticated user holding only the low-privileged feature access required to use the Observability AI Assistant can submit a specially crafted request that produces an unhandled error condition, terminating the Kibana process and denying service to all users and spaces on that instance until it is restarted.
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References
1- discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-9-4-5-9-5-1-security-update-esa-2026-115/390088nvdMitigationVendor Advisory
News mentions
2- Elastic Kibana: 25 Authorization and Resource Management Vulnerabilities Disclosed TogetherVypr Intelligence · Sep 3, 2026
- Elastic Kibana: Batch of 15 Vulnerabilities Disclosed, Affecting Authorization and Resource ManagementVypr Intelligence · Sep 1, 2026