High severity8.1NVD Advisory· Published Aug 13, 2026· Updated Sep 2, 2026
CVE-2026-72665
CVE-2026-72665
Description
Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized execution of Osquery and Elastic Defend response actions on managed hosts via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs (CAPEC-1). A Kibana user who is able to author and evaluate Elastic Security detection rules can cause response actions to be carried out against enrolled agents without holding the Osquery live query privileges or the Elastic Defend response action privileges that normally govern those capabilities. Depending on the response action involved, this can result in disclosure of information from the affected hosts or in unauthorized changes to their state.
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Affected products
3- osv-coords2 versions
>= 8.5.0, < 8.19.20+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 8.5.0, < 8.19.20
- (no CPE)range: >= 8.5.0, < 8.19.20
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1News mentions
1- Elastic Kibana: 25 Coordinated Vulnerabilities Expose Authorization and DoS RisksVypr Intelligence · Aug 13, 2026