Vulnerability · Published Mar 19, 2026 · Assigned by elastic

CVE-2026-26939Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Endpoint Response Action Configuration

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity missing 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 10% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 89.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana’s server-side Detection Rule Management can lead to Unauthorized Endpoint Response Action Configuration (host isolation, process termination, and process suspension) via CAPEC-1 (Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs). This requires an authenticated attacker with rule management privileges.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Elastic Kibana 9.0.0 – through 9.2.59.3.0 – through 9.3.08.0.0 – through 8.19.11

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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