CVE-2026-72658 json
Cross-Site Request Forgery in Kibana Leading to Privilege Escalation
published 2mo ago modified 2mo ago also BIT-elk-2026-72658 , BIT-kibana-2026-72658 , EUVD-2026-58269
- cvss
- 7.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 8%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CWE-352) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation via Cross Site Request Forgery (CAPEC-62). A user who is permitted to create visualizations can save a specially crafted Vega visualization that, when it is opened by another user, causes authenticated requests to be issued to Kibana in the context of the viewing user's session.
Patch / fix
- bitnami elk 8.19.20, 9.4.5
- bitnami kibana 8.19.20, 9.4.5
- elastic kibana 8.19.20, 9.4.5
- elasticsearch kibana 8.19.20, 9.4.5
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 2mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| OSV | 3.1 | 7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| bitnami | elk | >=8.19.0, <8.19.20 >=9.0.0, <9.4.5 |
8.19.20 9.4.5 |
| bitnami | kibana | >=8.19.0, <8.19.20 >=9.0.0, <9.4.5 |
8.19.20 9.4.5 |
Affected products
- Elastic Kibana
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery
References
-
discuss.elastic.co
/t/kibana-8-19-20-and-9-4-5-security-update-esa-2026-99/389529
vendor-advisory, mitigation, advisory
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72658
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-72658
- NVD CVE-2026-72658
- OSV BIT-elk-2026-72658
- OSV BIT-kibana-2026-72658
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