Incorrect authorization in Kibana - CVE-2026-72633
Published: September 1, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU146638
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-72633
CWE-ID: CWE-863
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to disable privilege monitoring for a Kibana space.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect authorization in Kibana Entity Analytics when handling requests to stop the recurring Privilege Monitoring engine task. A remote user can send a request to stop the task to disable privilege monitoring for a Kibana space.
Exploitation requires read-level Security feature access in the target space, and the Entity Analytics Privilege Monitoring engine must have been initialized.
Affected software
Kibana
How to mitigate CVE-2026-72633
Install security update from vendor's website.
Kibana - addressed in versions 9.4.6, 9.5.2