CVE-2026-78598: CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization in Elastic Kibana
Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in the Kibana machine learning feature can lead to information disclosure via Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels (CAPEC-180). An authenticated user holding machine learning job management privileges within a single Kibana space could cause a job's saved object to become accessible across all spaces in the Kibana instance, without holding access rights to those additional spaces.
CVE-2026-78598: CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization in Elastic Kibana
Description
Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in the Kibana machine learning feature can lead to information disclosure via Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels (CAPEC-180). An authenticated user holding machine learning job management privileges within a single Kibana space could cause a job's saved object to become accessible across all spaces in the Kibana instance, without holding access rights to those additional spaces.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.4medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- elastic
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-24T21:13:51.299Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a983847acd9273b495d15da
Added to database: 09/02/2026, 14:52:55 UTC
Last updated: 09/03/2026, 01:05:49 UTC
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