CVE-2026-78608 (GCVE-0-2026-78608)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-01 19:20 – Updated: 2026-09-01 19:41
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Information Disclosure
Summary
Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana can lead to information disclosure via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). An authorization control was not applied to an internal Kibana APM integration function, allowing any authenticated Kibana user to read APM server credentials that should be restricted to users holding APM or Fleet administrative privileges.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-01 19:41 UTC
CWE
- CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
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