Medium severity · published Sep 1, 2026
CVE-2026-72641
Incorrect Authorization in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Modification of Data
5.4
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized modification of data via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs (CAPEC-1). An authenticated user holding only Security Solution read access in a Kibana space could enumerate and change the state of Entity Store maintainer tasks, silently disabling Entity Analytics maintenance for that space.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 24% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KI
Kibana · Elastic
9.4.0 through 9.4.5; 9.5.0 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72641
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72641
Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-9-4-6-9-5-1-security-update-esa-2026-122/390089
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