CVE-2026-78608
A remote, authenticated attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in Kibana to escalate privileges, bypass security measures, manipulate or disclose data, or cause a denial-of-service condition.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Kibana allow authenticated attackers to escalate privileges, bypass security, disclose or manipulate data, and cause denial-of-service.
- Who is affected
- Authenticated users with access to affected Kibana deployments can exploit these vulnerabilities.
- Urgency
- High severity; multiple privilege escalation paths and data manipulation vectors present.
- Action
- Apply Elastic security patches for Kibana to the latest available version.
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Advisory coverage (2)
- high[NEW] [high] Kibana: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-09-03
- mediumCVE-2026-78608: Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana can lead to information disclosure via Privilege Abu…nvd · 2026-09-01
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