Elastic Kibana up to 9.4.2 Configuration access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Elastic Kibana up to 9.4.2. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Configuration. Executing a manipulation can lead to access control. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2026-56146. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Elastic Kibana up to 9.4.2. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Configuration. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Improper Access Control (CWE-284) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized modification of Entity Analytics Watchlist configuration and potential information disclosure. A low-privileged authenticated user with read-only Security Solution access could perform write operations on watchlist data that should require elevated privileges. Under specific deployment conditions, this could also allow such a user to access data beyond their authorized scope.

The advisory is available at discuss.elastic.co. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-56146 since 06/19/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 9.4.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Upgrade: Kibana 9.4.3

Timelineinfo

06/19/2026 CVE reserved
07/21/2026 +32 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-2026-56146 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-56146
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-381058

Entryinfo

Created: 07/21/2026 22:47
Changes: 07/21/2026 22:47 (53)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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