Elastic Kibana up to 9.4.8/9.5.5 Fleet path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Elastic Kibana up to 9.4.8/9.5.5. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Fleet. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-115294. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Elastic Kibana up to 9.4.8/9.5.5. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Fleet. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (CWE-22) in the Kibana Fleet feature can lead to unauthorized resource deletion via Path Traversal (CAPEC-126). A low-privileged user with Fleet agent policies write access could cause a subsequent administrative action to act on unintended resources. This can result in the deletion of resources such as Kibana spaces and other organizational assets that the low-privileged user cannot delete directly. Exploitation requires an administrator to interact with the affected Fleet interface.

The advisory is shared at discuss.elastic.co. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-115294 since 10/22/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 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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Vendor

• Elastic

Name

• Kibana

Version

• 9.4.0
• 9.4.1
• 9.4.2
• 9.4.3
• 9.4.4
• 9.4.5
• 9.4.6
• 9.4.7
• 9.4.8
• 9.5.0
• 9.5.1
• 9.5.2
• 9.5.3
• 9.5.4
• 9.5.5

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• open-source

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