CVE-2026-78608

Medium

Description

Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana can lead to information disclosure via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). An authorization control was not applied to an internal Kibana APM integration function, allowing any authenticated Kibana user to read APM server credentials that should be restricted to users holding APM or Fleet administrative privileges.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductElastic Kibana
PublishedSep 1, 2026
First seenSep 1, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • elastic kibana8.19.21, 9.4.6, 9.5.2 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
elastic kibana7.14.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.17.29, 8.0.0 ≤ v < 8.19.21, 9.0.0 ≤ v < 9.4.6, 9.5.0 ≤ v < 9.5.28.19.21, 9.4.6, 9.5.2

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