{"id":"BIT-kibana-2026-72681","summary":"Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Privilege Escalation and Information Disclosure","details":"Kibana Agent Builder does not correctly verify that the requesting user holds the privileges required by a separate Kibana feature before it creates and runs a tool that invokes that feature's functionality. This allows privilege escalation and could lead to disclosure of sensitive information that the user is not authorized to read.","aliases":["BIT-elk-2026-72681","CVE-2026-72681"],"modified":"2026-09-08T08:48:08.006714499Z","published":"2026-08-19T08:45:23.034Z","database_specific":{"severity":"High","cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*"]},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-9-4-4-security-update-esa-2026-83/389534"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72681"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"kibana","ecosystem":"Bitnami","purl":"pkg:bitnami/kibana"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"9.4.0"},{"fixed":"9.4.4"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/kibana/BIT-kibana-2026-72681.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}