CVE-2026-56146 PUBLISHED

Improper Access Control in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Data Modification and Information Disclosure

Assigner: elastic
Reserved: 19.06.2026 Published: 21.07.2026 Updated: 21.07.2026

Improper Access Control (CWE-284) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized modification of Entity Analytics Watchlist configuration and potential information disclosure. A low-privileged authenticated user with read-only Security Solution access could perform write operations on watchlist data that should require elevated privileges. Under specific deployment conditions, this could also allow such a user to access data beyond their authorized scope.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 5.4

Product Status

Vendor Elastic
Product Kibana
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 9.4.0 to 9.4.2 (incl.)

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-122 Privilege Abuse