# CVE-2026-78608: Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Information Disclosure

> CVE-2026-78608: Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Information Disclosure. CVSS 6.5 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-78608
Last updated: 2026-09-02T14:53:24Z

- Published: 2026-09-01 19:20 UTC · Updated: 2026-09-02 14:53 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: 0.38%, 32th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-862

## Description

Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana can lead to information disclosure via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). An authorization control was not applied to an internal Kibana APM integration function, allowing any authenticated Kibana user to read APM server credentials that should be restricted to users holding APM or Fleet administrative privileges.

## 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-2026-78608)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78608)
- [https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-21-9-4-6-9-5-2-security-update-esa-2026-144/390064](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-21-9-4-6-9-5-2-security-update-esa-2026-144/390064)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-78608 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-78608.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2026-78608 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:15:41.048Z