CVE-2026-78606

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-78606
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-78606.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-78606
Downstream
Published
2026-09-01T19:20:37.599Z
Modified
2026-09-04T11:45:39.616416935Z
Severity
  • 4.2 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Incorrect Authorization in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Disclosure, Modification, and Deletion of Data
Details

Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized disclosure, modification, and deletion of data via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs (CAPEC-1). Where two authenticated principals originating from different authentication realms share the same username value, one could read, modify, and delete the other's private Elastic AI Assistant Knowledge Base entries.

Database specific
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/78xxx/CVE-2026-78606.json",
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "8.19.11"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "8.19.20"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "9.3.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "9.4.5"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "9.5.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "9.5.1"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "cna_assigner": "elastic",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-863"
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/elastic/elasticsearch

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch
Events
Database specific
Show details
{
    "source": "CPE_RANGE",
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "8.19.11"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "8.19.21"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "9.3.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "9.4.6"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "9.5.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "9.5.2"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

v8.*
v8.19.11
v8.19.12
v8.19.13
v8.19.14
v8.19.15
v8.19.16
v8.19.17
v8.19.18
v8.19.19
v8.19.20
v9.*
v9.5.0
v9.5.1

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-78606.json"

Git / github.com/elastic/kibana

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/elastic/kibana
Events
Database specific
Show details
{
    "source": "CPE_RANGE",
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "9.5.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "9.5.2"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

v9.*
v9.5.0
v9.5.1

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-78606.json"