CVE-2025-68422
mediumpriority · track · 0OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.002 · 13 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Improper Authorization (CWE-285) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation (CAPEC-233) by allowing an authenticated user to bypass intended permission restrictions via a crafted HTTP request. This allows an attacker who lacks the live queries - read permission to successfully retrieve the list of live queries.
cvss
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weaknesses
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affected products (24)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
advisories (3)
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- 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-2025-68422Kibana Improper Authorization2025-12-20vendor · osvUS
Improper Authorization (CWE-285) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation (CAPEC-233) by allowing an authenticated user to bypass intended permission restrictions via a crafted HTTP request. This allows an attacker who lacks the live queries - read permission to successfully retrieve the list of live queries.
- BIT-kibana-2025-68422Kibana Improper Authorization2025-12-20vendor · osvUS
Improper Authorization (CWE-285) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation (CAPEC-233) by allowing an authenticated user to bypass intended permission restrictions via a crafted HTTP request. This allows an attacker who lacks the live queries - read permission to successfully retrieve the list of live queries.
also known as (6)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
- CNNVD-202512-3325cnnvd
- EUVD-2025-204405enisa_euvd
- BDU:2026-00012fstec_bdu
- GHSA-v7q8-5286-xfvfenisa_euvd
- BIT-elk-2025-68422osv
- BIT-kibana-2025-68422osv
sources
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references (3)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-7-9-1-7-and-9-2-1-security-update-esa-2025-39/384187cnnvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-7-9-1-7-and-9-2-1-security-update-esa-2025-39/384187enisa_euvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-7-9-1-7-and-9-2-1-security-update-esa-2025-39/384187Vendor Advisorynvd
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