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CVE-2026-56146 (GCVE-0-2026-56146)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-21 20:09 – Updated: 2026-07-22 18:25
VLAI
Title
Improper Access Control in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Data Modification and Information Disclosure
Summary
Improper Access Control (CWE-284) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized modification of Entity Analytics Watchlist configuration and potential information disclosure. A low-privileged authenticated user with read-only Security Solution access could perform write operations on watchlist data that should require elevated privileges. Under specific deployment conditions, this could also allow such a user to access data beyond their authorized scope.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-22 18:13 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Elastic Kibana Affected: 9.4.0 , ≤ 9.4.2 (semver)
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