Elk: Relative Path Traversal in Kibana Fleet Leading to Unauthorized Deletion of Users and Other Resources (CVE-2026-72677)
Relative Path Traversal (CWE-23) in Kibana can lead to the unauthorized deletion of Kibana resources via Relative Path Traversal (CAPEC-139). Kibana Fleet accepted a user-supplied identifier for a Fleet Server host configuration without rejecting relative traversal sequences. The identifier is stored as provided and is later incorporated into the request that Kibana issues when that configuration is removed.
Elk: Relative Path Traversal in Kibana Fleet Leading to Unauthorized Deletion of Users and Other Resources (CVE-2026-72677)
Description
Relative Path Traversal (CWE-23) in Kibana can lead to the unauthorized deletion of Kibana resources via Relative Path Traversal (CAPEC-139). Kibana Fleet accepted a user-supplied identifier for a Fleet Server host configuration without rejecting relative traversal sequences. The identifier is stored as provided and is later incorporated into the request that Kibana issues when that configuration is removed.
Affected software
pkg:bitnami/kibanaRun on your own infrastructure? Check whether these packages are installed with threat-finder — our free open-source scanner.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- BIT-kibana-2026-72677
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.6.2
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-72677"]
- Ecosystems
- ["Bitnami"]
- Database Specific Severity
- High
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a85b4aaacd9273b49250ed8
Added to database: 08/19/2026, 13:50:34 UTC
Last updated: 08/19/2026, 13:52:02 UTC
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