Vulnerability · Published Aug 28, 2025 · Assigned by elastic

CVE-2025-25010Kibana privilege escalation via reporting_user role

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity incorrect authorization in Kibana from Elastic. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 79.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Incorrect authorization in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation via the built-in reporting_user role which incorrectly has the ability to access all Kibana Spaces.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Elastic Kibana 9.0.0 – through 9.0.59.1.0 – through 9.1.2

Weakness: CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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