Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in Kibana Leading to Information Disclosure (CVE-2026-72654) | HOL Guard CVE

Unknown severity · Source severity not reportedCVE-2026-72654

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in Kibana Leading to Information Disclosure

Answer in brief

CVE-2026-72654 records a Unknown severity 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). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Analysis pending evidence review

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Published Sep 1, 2026Updated Sep 1, 2026Source checked Sep 1, 2026First seen by HOL Sep 1, 2026Material review Sep 1, 2026

Upstream Advisory

Key facts

Risk: Unknown severitySource severity not reported
Exploitation: Not marked as known exploited
Affected software: 1 mapped package or product
Fix availability: Not reported

Why this deserves its current priority

A CVSS score is not reported in the current record. 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.

Affected scope and exposure questions

The current feed maps Elastic/Kibana (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Mapped affected packages and fixed versions
Package	Affected range	Fixed version
Elastic/Kibanageneric	8.0.0 \|\| 9.0.0 \|\| 9.5.0	Not reported

Recommended response

Check inventory. Check lockfiles and deployed manifests for Elastic/Kibana.
Review the reported fix. Monitor this advisory for an available fix and review any installs of the affected package.

Evidence timeline and material changes

Published upstream
Sep 1, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
Source modified
Sep 1, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
First seen by HOL
Sep 1, 2026

Sources and claim methodology

Source referencediscuss.elastic.co

Upstream source description

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.

Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.