Answer in brief
CVE-2026-72654 records a Medium severity (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in Kibana Leading to Information Disclosure. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Elastic/Kibana (generic), Elastic/Kibana (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 6.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps Elastic/Kibana (generic), Elastic/Kibana (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Elastic/Kibanageneric | 8.0.0 || 9.0.0 || 9.5.0 | Not reported |
| Elastic/Kibanageneric | >=8.0.0 <=8.19.20 || >=9.0.0 <=9.4.5 || >=9.5.0 <=9.5.1 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Sep 1, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 2, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 1, 2026
Execution with Unnecessary Privileges (CWE-250) in the Kibana machine learning feature can lead to information disclosure via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). An operation available to users holding only read access to the machine learning feature was performed with an internal service identity rather than the identity of the requesting user. Such a user could therefore receive data from Elasticsearch indices they are not authorized to read. No Elasticsearch cluster or index privileges are required.
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