CVE-2026-56146: CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization in Elastic Kibana
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.
CVE-2026-56146: CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization in Elastic Kibana
Description
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.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.4medium
Affected software
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Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- elastic
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-19T11:01:02.535Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a5fd4a51010f89cc22494e6
Added to database: 07/21/2026, 20:20:53 UTC
Last enriched: 07/21/2026, 20:35:59 UTC
Last updated: 09/02/2026, 12:44:04 UTC
Views: 58
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