CVE-2026-72662: CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in Elastic Kibana
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.
CVE-2026-72662: CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in Elastic Kibana
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.
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.3medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- GHSA-hgww-7pvf-x93v
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.4.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-72662"]
- Database Specific Severity
- MODERATE
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6ab89bd2f7a7c54106941fc4
Added to database: 09/27/2026, 04:30:10 UTC
Last updated: 09/27/2026, 04:31:13 UTC
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