Elk: Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Privilege Escalation and Information Disclosure (CVE-2026-72681)
Kibana Agent Builder does not correctly verify that the requesting user holds the privileges required by a separate Kibana feature before it creates and runs a tool that invokes that feature's functionality. This allows privilege escalation and could lead to disclosure of sensitive information that the user is not authorized to read.
Elk: Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Privilege Escalation and Information Disclosure (CVE-2026-72681)
Description
Kibana Agent Builder does not correctly verify that the requesting user holds the privileges required by a separate Kibana feature before it creates and runs a tool that invokes that feature's functionality. This allows privilege escalation and could lead to disclosure of sensitive information that the user is not authorized to read.
Affected software
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Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- BIT-kibana-2026-72681
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.6.2
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-72681"]
- Ecosystems
- ["Bitnami"]
- Database Specific Severity
- Medium
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a85b4a9acd9273b4925086a
Added to database: 08/19/2026, 13:50:33 UTC
Last updated: 08/19/2026, 13:52:02 UTC
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