CVE-2026-49095 (GCVE-0-2026-49095)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-28 19:48 – Updated: 2026-05-30 03:57
VLAI
Title
Improper Input Validation in Kibana Fleet Leading to Privilege Escalation
Summary
Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) in the Kibana Fleet agent policy management feature can lead to privilege escalation. An authenticated user with Fleet management privileges can manipulate agent policy configuration by injecting values into a configuration override mechanism that is not adequately validated. An attacker can cause Elastic Agents to be issued API keys with elevated Elasticsearch privileges, potentially granting unauthorized read and write access to sensitive Elasticsearch security indices beyond what is intended for the Fleet management role.
Severity
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Elastic Kibana Affected: 9.0.0 , ≤ 9.3.4 (semver)
Affected: 9.4.0 , ≤ 9.4.1 (semver)
Affected: 8.0.0 , ≤ 8.19.15 (semver)
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