VDB-398177 · CVE-2026-78584 · GCVE-0-2026-78584

Elastic Kibana up to 9.4.3 Osquery feature response discrepancy

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Elastic Kibana up to 9.4.3 and classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Osquery feature. The manipulation leads to response discrepancy. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-78584. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Elastic Kibana up to 9.4.3. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Osquery feature. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a response discrepancy vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-204. The product provides different responses to incoming requests in a way that reveals internal state information to an unauthorized actor outside of the intended control sphere. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Observable Response Discrepancy (CWE-204) in the Kibana Osquery feature can lead to information disclosure via Query System for Information (CAPEC-54). An authenticated user holding Osquery live-query privileges could determine whether a scheduled query identifier exists in a Kibana space they are not authorized to access.

The advisory is shared at discuss.elastic.co. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-78584 since 08/24/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

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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Productinfo

Vendor

Elastic

Name

Kibana

Version

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

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

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 4.3
CNA Vector (elastic): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Response discrepancy
CWE: CWE-204 / CWE-203 / CWE-200
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/24/2026 CVE reserved
09/02/2026 +9 days Advisory disclosed
09/02/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/02/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: discuss.elastic.co
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-78584 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-78584
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-398177

Entryinfo

Created: 09/02/2026 17:02
Changes: 09/02/2026 17:02 (61)
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Cache ID: 216::103