High severity7.3NVD Advisory· Published Sep 26, 2026· Updated Sep 29, 2026
CVE-2026-72668
CVE-2026-72668
Description
Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy') (CWE-441) in Kibana Agent Builder can lead to privilege escalation. A non-administrative user able to edit a shared agent could cause privileged operations to be carried out under the identity of a higher-privileged user who subsequently interacts with that agent. Where the same user can also author workflows, this can extend to full administrative control of Kibana and of the Elasticsearch cluster.
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Affected products
3- osv-coords2 versions
>= 9.4.0, < 9.4.7+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 9.4.0, < 9.4.7
- (no CPE)range: >= 9.4.0, < 9.4.7
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1News mentions
2- Elasticsearch & Kibana: Eleven Vulnerabilities Including DoS and Privilege Escalation Disclosed TogetherVypr Intelligence · Sep 26, 2026
- Elastic Kibana: Four Vulnerabilities Disclosed, Including Privilege Escalation and DoSVypr Intelligence · Sep 26, 2026