CVE-2025-68386
mediumpriority · track · 0OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.002 · 9 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Improper Authorization (CWE-285) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation (CAPEC-233) by allowing an authenticated user to change a document's sharing type to "global," even though they do not have permission to do so, making it visible to everyone in the space via a crafted a HTTP request.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (30)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
advisories (3)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2025-2899Kibana: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-12-18csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer oder authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Kibana ausnutzen, um einen Cross-Site Scripting Angriff durchzuführen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, Daten zu manipulieren und einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen.
- BIT-elk-2025-68386Kibana Improper Authorization2025-12-20vendor · osvUS
Improper Authorization (CWE-285) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation (CAPEC-233) by allowing an authenticated user to change a document's sharing type to "global," even though they do not have permission to do so, making it visible to everyone in the space via a crafted a HTTP request.
- BIT-kibana-2025-68386Kibana Improper Authorization2025-12-20vendor · osvUS
Improper Authorization (CWE-285) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation (CAPEC-233) by allowing an authenticated user to change a document's sharing type to "global," even though they do not have permission to do so, making it visible to everyone in the space via a crafted a HTTP request.
also known as (6)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
- CNNVD-202512-3331cnnvd
- EUVD-2025-204406enisa_euvd
- BDU:2026-00011fstec_bdu
- GHSA-xh25-gx5f-4hqgenisa_euvd
- BIT-elk-2025-68386osv
- BIT-kibana-2025-68386osv
sources
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references (3)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-8-9-1-8-and-9-2-2-security-update-esa-2025-38/384186cnnvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-8-9-1-8-and-9-2-2-security-update-esa-2025-38/384186enisa_euvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-8-9-1-8-and-9-2-2-security-update-esa-2025-38/384186Vendor Advisorynvd
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