CVE-2026-72644
Medium
Description
Uncaught Exception (CWE-248) in Kibana can lead to a denial of service via Input Data Manipulation (CAPEC-153). An authenticated user holding only the low-privileged feature access required to use the Observability AI Assistant can submit a specially crafted request that produces an unhandled error condition, terminating the Kibana process and denying service to all users and spaces on that instance until it is restarted.
SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
Product
Elastic Kibana
PublishedSep 1, 2026
First seenSep 1, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-248CWE-248
How to fix
Update
- elastic kibana9.4.5 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| elastic kibana | 9.1.7 ≤ v < 9.4.5, 9.5.0 | 9.4.5 |
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