Elastic Kibana up to 9.4.2 ACL confused deputy

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Elastic Kibana up to 9.4.2 and classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component ACL. Executing a manipulation can lead to confused deputy. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2026-49092. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Elastic Kibana up to 9.4.2 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component ACL. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a confused deputy vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-441. The product receives a request, message, or directive from an upstream component, but the product does not sufficiently preserve the original source of the request before forwarding the request to an external actor that is outside of the product's control sphere. This causes the product to appear to be the source of the request, leading it to act as a proxy or other intermediary between the upstream component and the external actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy') (CWE-441) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized information exposure via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs (CAPEC-1). Under certain conditions, a lower-privileged user can cause data from sources they are not authorized to access to be processed using another user's privileges.

The advisory is shared for download at discuss.elastic.co. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-49092 since 05/27/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 9.4.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Confused deputy
CWE: CWE-441
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Upgrade: Kibana 9.4.3

Timelineinfo

05/27/2026 CVE reserved
07/21/2026 +55 days Advisory disclosed
07/21/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/21/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: discuss.elastic.co
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-49092 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-49092
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-381028

Entryinfo

Created: 07/21/2026 21:56
Changes: 07/21/2026 21:56 (53)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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