Authenticated privilege escalation via unchecked feature privileges
Published Aug 13, 2026 · Updated Aug 13, 2026
Missing authorization in Elastic Kibana 9.4.0 through 9.4.3 allows remote authenticated users to read unauthorized sensitive information. Agent Builder creates and runs a tool that invokes another Kibana feature without verifying that the requesting user holds that feature's required privileges. Agent Builder access is required to cross the target feature's authorization boundary; the reported consequence is disclosure, not data modification or service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in Elastic Kibana 9.4.0 through 9.4.3 allows remote authenticated users to read unauthorized sensitive information. Agent Builder creates and runs a tool that invokes another Kibana feature without verifying that the requesting user holds that feature's required privileges. Agent Builder access is required to cross the target feature's authorization boundary; the reported consequence is disclosure, not data modification or service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-72681
- Published
- Aug 13, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 13, 2026
- Vendor
- Elastic
- Product
- Kibana
- Classifications
- CWE-862, T1068
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 13, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 13, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=9.4.0 <=9.4.3
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