Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Kibana Leading to Stored HTML Injection

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-42401
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerelastic
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-05-28 20:16:23 UTC
Updated2026-05-29 21:17:18 UTC
DescriptionImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (CWE-79) in Kibana can lead to stored HTML injection. A user with write access to an Elasticsearch index could persist crafted markup which, when subsequently rendered through an affected Kibana view by another user, was not sufficiently sanitized. Successful exploitation could result in unauthorized UI manipulation and outbound network requests issued from the viewing user's browser session.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.4 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | CWE-79 CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting')

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary5.4MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
3.1[email protected]Secondary4.1MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
3.1CNACVSS4.1MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Elastic Kibana All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Elastic Kibana affected 9.0.0 9.3.4 semver Not specified
CNA Elastic Kibana affected 8.0.0 8.19.15 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-16-9-3-5-security-update-esa-2026-34/386552 [email protected] discuss.elastic.co Vendor Advisory
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