# CVE-2026-4498: Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in Kibana Leading to reading index data beyond their direct Elasticsearch RBAC scope

> CVE-2026-4498: Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in Kibana Leading to reading index data beyond their direct Elasticsearch RBAC scope. CVSS 7.7 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-4498
Last updated: 2026-07-25T10:10:00Z

- Published: 2026-04-08 16:38 UTC · Updated: 2026-07-25 10:10 UTC · Assigner: elastic
- CVSS: 7.7 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS: 0.30%, 22th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-250

## Description

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges (CWE-250) in Kibana’s Fleet plugin debug route handlers can lead reading index data beyond their direct Elasticsearch RBAC scope via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). This requires an authenticated Kibana user with Fleet sub-feature privileges (such as agents, agent policies, and settings management).

## Affected vendors and products

- Elastic: Kibana

## Tracked companies

- [Elastic Cloud](https://rewindex.com/company/elastic-cloud.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-4498)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4498)
- [https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-14-9-2-8-9-3-3-security-update-esa-2026-21/385811](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-14-9-2-8-9-3-3-security-update-esa-2026-21/385811)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-4498 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-4498.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2026-4498 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:10:46.941Z