CVE-2026-4498
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.003 · 23 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Execution with Unnecessary Privileges (CWE-250) in Kibana’s Fleet plugin debug route handlers can lead reading index data beyond their direct Elasticsearch RBAC scope via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). This requires an authenticated Kibana user with Fleet sub-feature privileges (such as agents, agent policies, and settings management).
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (20)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
advisories (3)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2026-1029Kibana: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-04-08csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Kibana ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen oder einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen.
- BIT-elk-2026-4498Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in Kibana Leading to reading index data beyond their direct Elasticsearch RBAC scope2026-04-13vendor · osvUS
Execution with Unnecessary Privileges (CWE-250) in Kibana’s Fleet plugin debug route handlers can lead reading index data beyond their direct Elasticsearch RBAC scope via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). This requires an authenticated Kibana user with Fleet sub-feature privileges (such as agents, agent policies, and settings management).
- BIT-kibana-2026-4498Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in Kibana Leading to reading index data beyond their direct Elasticsearch RBAC scope2026-04-13vendor · osvUS
Execution with Unnecessary Privileges (CWE-250) in Kibana’s Fleet plugin debug route handlers can lead reading index data beyond their direct Elasticsearch RBAC scope via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). This requires an authenticated Kibana user with Fleet sub-feature privileges (such as agents, agent policies, and settings management).
also known as (7)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
- CNNVD-202604-1615cnnvd
- EUVD-2026-20528enisa_euvd
- BDU:2026-15314fstec_bdu
- GHSA-4c73-92cw-x6vqenisa_euvd
- GHSA-4c73-92cw-x6vqfstec_bdu
- BIT-elk-2026-4498osv
- BIT-kibana-2026-4498osv
sources
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references (4)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-14-9-2-8-9-3-3-security-update-esa-2026-21/385811cnnvd
- https://www.elastic.co/jp/communityPatchcnnvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-14-9-2-8-9-3-3-security-update-esa-2026-21/385811enisa_euvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-14-9-2-8-9-3-3-security-update-esa-2026-21/385811Vendor Advisorynvd
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