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.
Affected products
elastic: kibana
References1
- discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-9-4-6-9-5-1-security-update-esa-202… Vendor Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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5.4
MEDIUM
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 24 · as of 8 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-863
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