CVE-2026-78608
Published:September 01, 2026
Updated:September 02, 2026
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.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/elastic/kibana.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v9.5.0 <v9.5.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v9.5.2https://github.com/elastic/kibana.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v9.0.0 <v9.4.6Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v9.4.6https://github.com/elastic/kibana.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v8.0.0 <v8.19.21Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v8.19.21Related Resources (1)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
7.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
6.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Missing Authorization