Vulnerability · Published Aug 13, 2026 · Assigned by elastic
CVE-2026-72658Cross-Site Request Forgery in Kibana Leading to Privilege Escalation
High 7.3
In plain English
A high-severity cross-site request forgery 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 8% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.3High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CWE-352) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation via Cross Site Request Forgery (CAPEC-62). A user who is permitted to create visualizations can save a specially crafted Vega visualization that, when it is opened by another user, causes authenticated requests to be issued to Kibana in the context of the viewing user's session.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N