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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-KIBANA-19006155
  • published20 Aug 2026
  • disclosed13 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-72671  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-862  (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 Missing Authorization when removing a saved object from a current space. An attacker can modify machine learning trained model space assignments without proper privileges by exploiting insufficient authorization checks.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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