Incorrect authorization in Kibana - CVE-2026-72641
Published: September 1, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU146640
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:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-72641
CWE-ID: CWE-863
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to modify data.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect authorization in Entity Store maintainer tasks when accessing functionality not properly constrained by ACLs. A remote user can enumerate and change the state of maintainer tasks to modify data.
Only users with Security Solution read access in a Kibana space can exploit the issue, which can silently disable Entity Analytics maintenance for that space.
Affected software
Kibana
How to mitigate CVE-2026-72641
Install security update from vendor's website.
Kibana - addressed in versions 9.4.6, 9.5.1