Vulnerability · Published Dec 18, 2025 · Assigned by elastic

CVE-2025-68422Kibana Improper Authorization

Medium 4.3

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 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Improper Authorization (CWE-285) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation (CAPEC-233) by allowing an authenticated user to bypass intended permission restrictions via a crafted HTTP request. This allows an attacker who lacks the live queries - read permission to successfully retrieve the list of live queries.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Elastic Kibana 7.0.0 – through 7.17.298.0.0 – through 8.19.69.0.0 – through 9.1.69.2.0 – before 9.2.0

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

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