Incorrect Privilege Assignment Affecting kibana package, versions >=9.1.0 <9.4.5>=9.5.0 <9.5.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-KIBANA-19006683
  • published20 Aug 2026
  • disclosed13 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-72631  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-266  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade kibana to version 9.4.5, 9.5.1 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 Privilege Assignment via the process that issues API keys to agents enrolled in integration policies with extra data streams. An attacker can gain unauthorized privileges by enrolling an agent with a policy that declares additional data streams, resulting in an API key with excessive permissions.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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