Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Sep 3, 2026· Updated Sep 8, 2026
CVE-2026-78596
CVE-2026-78596
Description
Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Modification of Data / Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized modification of data via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). An authenticated user holding Security read-level access in a single Kibana space could trigger Entity Analytics migration operations that perform privileged writes across all Kibana spaces, regardless of that user's actual access scope.
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Affected products
3- osv-coords2 versions
>= 8.18.3, < 8.19.21+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 8.18.3, < 8.19.21
- (no CPE)range: >= 8.18.3, < 8.19.21
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1News mentions
1- Elastic Kibana: 25 Authorization and Resource Management Vulnerabilities Disclosed TogetherVypr Intelligence · Sep 3, 2026