Elastic Kibana up to 9.4.4/9.5.0 Observability AI Assistant uncaught exception

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Elastic Kibana up to 9.4.4/9.5.0. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Observability AI Assistant. Such manipulation leads to uncaught exception. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-72644. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Elastic Kibana up to 9.4.4/9.5.0. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Observability AI Assistant. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a uncaught exception vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-248. An exception is thrown from a function, but it is not caught. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Uncaught Exception (CWE-248) in Kibana can lead to a denial of service via Input Data Manipulation (CAPEC-153). An authenticated user holding only the low-privileged feature access required to use the Observability AI Assistant can submit a specially crafted request that produces an unhandled error condition, terminating the Kibana process and denying service to all users and spaces on that instance until it is restarted.

The advisory is shared for download at discuss.elastic.co. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-72644 since 08/10/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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CNA Base Score: 6.5
CNA Vector (elastic): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Uncaught exception
CWE: CWE-248
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/10/2026 CVE reserved
09/01/2026 +22 days Advisory disclosed
09/01/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/01/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: discuss.elastic.co
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-72644 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-72644
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-397820

Entryinfo

Created: 09/01/2026 21:47
Changes: 09/01/2026 21:47 (61)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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