# CVE-2026-72681: Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Privilege Escalation and Information Disclosure

> CVE-2026-72681: Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Privilege Escalation and Information Disclosure. CVSS 6.5 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-72681
Last updated: 2026-09-03T18:59:33Z

- Published: 2026-08-13 19:11 UTC · Updated: 2026-09-03 18:59 UTC · Assigner: elastic
- CVSS: 6.5 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Medium · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS: 0.44%, 38th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-862

## Description

Kibana Agent Builder does not correctly verify that the requesting user holds the privileges required by a separate Kibana feature before it creates and runs a tool that invokes that feature's functionality. This allows privilege escalation and could lead to disclosure of sensitive information that the user is not authorized to read.

## 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-2026-72681)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72681)
- [https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-9-4-4-security-update-esa-2026-83/389534](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-9-4-4-security-update-esa-2026-83/389534)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-72681 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-72681.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2026-72681 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T05:13:06.684Z