Cross-site request forgery in Kibana - CVE-2026-72658
Published: August 13, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU142340
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-72658
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges.
The vulnerability exists due to cross-site request forgery in the Vega visualization feature when rendering a specially crafted visualization. A remote user can save a specially crafted Vega visualization to escalate privileges.
User interaction is required when another user opens the crafted visualization.
Affected software
Kibana
How to mitigate CVE-2026-72658
Install security update from vendor's website.
Kibana - addressed in versions 8.19.20, 9.4.5