CVE-2026-42401
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.001 · 3 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (CWE-79) in Kibana can lead to stored HTML injection. A user with write access to an Elasticsearch index could persist crafted markup which, when subsequently rendered through an affected Kibana view by another user, was not sufficiently sanitized. Successful exploitation could result in unauthorized UI manipulation and outbound network requests issued from the viewing user's browser session.
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weaknesses
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affected products (17)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
advisories (3)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2026-1734Kibana: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-05-28csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Kibana ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, um Informationen offenzulegen, um Dateien zu manipulieren, und um einen Cross-Site Scripting Angriff durchzuführen.
- BIT-elk-2026-42401Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Kibana Leading to Stored HTML Injection2026-06-01vendor · osvUS
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (CWE-79) in Kibana can lead to stored HTML injection. A user with write access to an Elasticsearch index could persist crafted markup which, when subsequently rendered through an affected Kibana view by another user, was not sufficiently sanitized. Successful exploitation could result in unauthorized UI manipulation and outbound network requests issued from the viewing user's browser session.
- BIT-kibana-2026-42401Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Kibana Leading to Stored HTML Injection2026-06-01vendor · osvUS
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (CWE-79) in Kibana can lead to stored HTML injection. A user with write access to an Elasticsearch index could persist crafted markup which, when subsequently rendered through an affected Kibana view by another user, was not sufficiently sanitized. Successful exploitation could result in unauthorized UI manipulation and outbound network requests issued from the viewing user's browser session.
also known as (7)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
- CNNVD-202605-6330cnnvd
- EUVD-2026-33012enisa_euvd
- BDU:2026-15217fstec_bdu
- GHSA-7r23-c4px-q9xcenisa_euvd
- GHSA-7r23-c4px-q9xcfstec_bdu
- BIT-elk-2026-42401osv
- BIT-kibana-2026-42401osv
sources
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references (4)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-42401cnnvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-16-9-3-5-security-update-esa-2026-34/386552cnnvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-16-9-3-5-security-update-esa-2026-34/386552enisa_euvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-16-9-3-5-security-update-esa-2026-34/386552Vendor Advisorynvd
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