CVE-2026-84942 PUBLISHED

Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Vega Expression Function Bypass in OpenSearch Dashboards

Assigner: AMZN
Reserved: 02.09.2026 Published: 08.09.2026 Updated: 08.09.2026

Improper input validation in the Vega expression function implementation in OpenSearch Dashboards allows a remote authenticated actor with dashboard write permissions to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of other users' browser sessions by saving a crafted Vega visualization. The checkForFunctionProperty validation routine failed to recurse into arrays of objects, allowing a function property nested inside an array to bypass validation.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N
CVSS Score: 6.3

Product Status

Vendor AWS
Product Amazon OpenSearch Service
Versions Default: unaffected
  • unaffected from v2.3.0 to v3.5.0 (incl.)
Vendor OpenSearch
Product OpenSearch Dashboards
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from v2.0.0 to v3.5.0 (incl.)

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-79 Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-592 Stored XSS