CVE-2026-72662

Medium

Description

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized disclosure, modification, and deletion of data via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs (CAPEC-1). An authenticated user granted the Timeline feature privilege in a Kibana space could enumerate, read, modify, and delete draft Timeline objects belonging to other users in the same space. Read access is sufficient for enumeration and disclosure; the Timeline write privilege is required for modification and deletion.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.3
Exploit probability—
ProductKibana
PublishedSep 26, 2026
First seenSep 26, 2026

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Elastic Kibana8.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.19.21, 9.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 9.4.5—

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