Incorrect Authorization Affecting kibana package, versions <8.19.20>=9.0.0 <9.4.5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-KIBANA-19005703
  • published20 Aug 2026
  • disclosed13 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-72670  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-863  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade kibana to version 8.19.20, 9.4.5 or higher.

Overview

kibana is an open source (Apache Licensed), browser-based analytics and search dashboard for Elasticsearch.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization via the Fleet proxy configuration. An attacker can access sensitive proxy authentication credentials and private key material by leveraging read privileges on agent policies, which would normally require higher-level permissions.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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version 3.1