Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Disclosure, Modification, and Deletion of Data (CVE-2026-72662) | HOL Guard CVE

Medium · CVSS 6.3CVE-2026-72662

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Disclosure, Modification, and Deletion of Data

Answer in brief

CVE-2026-72662 records a Medium severity (CVSS 6.3) vulnerability in Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Disclosure, Modification, and Deletion of Data. 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 26, 2026Updated Sep 26, 2026Source checked Sep 28, 2026First seen by HOL Sep 26, 2026Material review Sep 26, 2026

Upstream Advisory

Key facts

Risk: Medium · CVSS 6.3
Exploitation: Not marked as known exploited
Affected software: 1 mapped package or product
Fix availability: Not reported

Why this deserves its current priority

CVSS is 6.3. 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 <=8.19.21 \|\| >=9.4.0 <=9.4.5	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 26, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
Source modified
Sep 26, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
First seen by HOL
Sep 26, 2026

Sources and claim methodology

Source referencediscuss.elastic.co

Upstream source description

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized disclosure, modification, and deletion of data via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs (CAPEC-1). An authenticated user granted the Timeline feature privilege in a Kibana space could enumerate, read, modify, and delete draft Timeline objects belonging to other users in the same space. Read access is sufficient for enumeration and disclosure; the Timeline write privilege is required for modification and deletion.

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