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CVE-2026-56146

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.4
Exploit probability—
ProductElastic Kibana
PublishedJul 21, 2026
First seenJul 21, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-863Incorrect authorization

How to fix

Update
  • elastic kibana9.4.3 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
elastic kibana9.4.0 ≤ v < 9.4.39.4.3

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