Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana can lead to information disclosure via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). An authorization control was not applied to an internal Kibana APM integration function, allowing any authenticated Kibana user to read APM server credentials that should be restricted to users holding APM or Fleet administrative privileges.
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Wed, 02 Sep 2026 03:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Elastic
Elastic kibana
Vendors & Products Elastic
Elastic kibana

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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Description Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana can lead to information disclosure via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). An authorization control was not applied to an internal Kibana APM integration function, allowing any authenticated Kibana user to read APM server credentials that should be restricted to users holding APM or Fleet administrative privileges.
Title Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Information Disclosure
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: elastic

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-01T19:41:36.004Z

Reserved: 2026-08-24T21:13:52.890Z

Link: CVE-2026-78608

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-01T19:41:33.073Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-01T20:17:24.160

Modified: 2026-09-01T21:05:31.423

Link: CVE-2026-78608

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-02T02:45:03Z

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