CVE-2026-78608

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-78608
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-78608.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-78608
Downstream
MINI (9)
Published
2026-09-01T19:20:31Z
Modified
2026-09-05T08:10:53Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Information Disclosure
Details

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.

Database specific
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References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/elastic/elasticsearch

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch
Events
Database specific
Show details
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            "fixed":  "9.4.6"
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            "introduced":  "9.5.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed":  "9.5.2"
        }
    ],
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Affected versions

v9.*
v9.5.0
v9.5.1

Database specific

source
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vanir_signatures_modified
"2026-09-05T08:10:53Z"

Git / github.com/elastic/kibana

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/elastic/kibana
Events
Database specific
Show details
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    "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events":  [
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            "introduced":  "7.14.0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "7.17.29"
        },
        {
            "introduced":  "8.0.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed":  "8.19.21"
        },
        {
            "introduced":  "9.0.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed":  "9.4.6"
        },
        {
            "introduced":  "9.5.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed":  "9.5.2"
        }
    ],
    "source":  "CPE_RANGE"
}

Affected versions

v9.*
v9.5.0
v9.5.1

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-78608.json"