VDB-389796 · CVE-2026-72650 · GCVE-0-2026-72650

Elastic Kibana up to 8.19.19/9.4.4 Alerting authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Elastic Kibana up to 8.19.19/9.4.4. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Alerting. The manipulation results in authorization. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-72650. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Elastic Kibana up to 8.19.19/9.4.4. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown functionality of the component Alerting. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-639. The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639) in Kibana can lead to information disclosure via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs (CAPEC-1). An authenticated user who is authorized to read alerting rules in a single Kibana space could retrieve alerting rule execution telemetry that belongs to spaces the user is not authorized to access. The disclosed telemetry includes rule identifiers, rule names, space identifiers, execution outcomes, timestamps, and execution counters.

The advisory is shared for download at discuss.elastic.co. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-72650 since 08/10/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 8.19.20 or 9.4.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Elastic

Name

Kibana

Version

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

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

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-639 / CWE-285 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Kibana 8.19.20/9.4.5

Timelineinfo

08/10/2026 CVE reserved
08/13/2026 +3 days Advisory disclosed
08/13/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/13/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: discuss.elastic.co
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-72650 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-72650
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-389796

Entryinfo

Created: 08/13/2026 21:54
Changes: 08/13/2026 21:54 (54)
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Cache ID: 216::103