{"api_version":"1","generated_at":"2026-09-04T01:20:37+00:00","cve":"CVE-2026-72633","urls":{"html":"https://cve.report/CVE-2026-72633","api":"https://cve.report/api/cve/CVE-2026-72633.json","docs":"https://cve.report/api","cve_org":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72633","nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72633"},"summary":{"title":"Incorrect Authorization in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Disabling of Privilege Monitoring","description":"Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Kibana Entity Analytics can lead to a loss of security monitoring via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs (CAPEC-1). An authenticated user holding only read-level Security feature access, and no Elasticsearch privileges, could stop the recurring Privilege Monitoring engine task for a Kibana space. Privileged user monitoring then stops producing data for that space while the engine continues to report a healthy state to operators.","state":"PUBLISHED","assigner":"elastic","published_at":"2026-09-01 20:17:16","updated_at":"2026-09-01 21:15:37"},"problem_types":["CWE-863","CWE-863 CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization"],"metrics":[{"version":"3.1","source":"security@elastic.co","type":"Secondary","score":"4.3","severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","data":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","baseScore":4.3,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","attackVector":"NETWORK","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"LOW","userInteraction":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"LOW","availabilityImpact":"NONE"}},{"version":"3.1","source":"CNA","type":"CVSS","score":"4.3","severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","data":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":4.3,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"}}],"references":[{"url":"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-9-4-6-9-5-2-security-update-esa-2026-130/390059","name":"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-9-4-6-9-5-2-security-update-esa-2026-130/390059","refsource":"security@elastic.co","tags":[],"title":"","mime":"","httpstatus":"","archivestatus":"0"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72633","name":"CVE Program record","refsource":"CVE.ORG","tags":["canonical"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72633","name":"NVD vulnerability detail","refsource":"NVD","tags":["canonical","analysis"]}],"affected":[{"source":"CNA","vendor":"Elastic","product":"Kibana","version":"affected 9.1.0 9.4.5 semver","platforms":[]},{"source":"CNA","vendor":"Elastic","product":"Kibana","version":"affected 9.5.0 9.5.1 semver","platforms":[]}],"timeline":[],"solutions":[],"workarounds":[],"exploits":[],"credits":[],"nvd_cpes":[],"vendor_comments":[],"enrichments":{"kev":null,"epss":{"cve_year":"2026","cve_id":"72633","cve":"CVE-2026-72633","epss":"0.001850000","percentile":"0.081280000","score_date":"2026-09-03","updated_at":"2026-09-04 00:08:06"},"legacy_qids":[]},"source_records":{"cve_program":{"containers":{"adp":[{"metrics":[{"other":{"content":{"id":"CVE-2026-72633","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"no"},{"Technical Impact":"partial"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","timestamp":"2026-09-01T19:42:14.066282Z","version":"2.0.3"},"type":"ssvc"}}],"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2026-09-01T19:42:19.825Z","orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","shortName":"CISA-ADP"},"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment"}],"cna":{"affected":[{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Kibana","vendor":"Elastic","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"9.4.5","status":"affected","version":"9.1.0","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"9.5.1","status":"affected","version":"9.5.0","versionType":"semver"}]}],"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","supportingMedia":[{"base64":false,"type":"text/html","value":"<p>Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Kibana Entity Analytics can lead to a loss of security monitoring via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs (CAPEC-1). An authenticated user holding only read-level Security feature access, and no Elasticsearch privileges, could stop the recurring Privilege Monitoring engine task for a Kibana space. Privileged user monitoring then stops producing data for that space while the engine continues to report a healthy state to operators.</p>"}],"value":"Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Kibana Entity Analytics can lead to a loss of security monitoring via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs (CAPEC-1). An authenticated user holding only read-level Security feature access, and no Elasticsearch privileges, could stop the recurring Privilege Monitoring engine task for a Kibana space. Privileged user monitoring then stops producing data for that space while the engine continues to report a healthy state to operators."}],"impacts":[{"capecId":"CAPEC-1","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"CAPEC-1 Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs"}]}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":4.3,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"format":"CVSS","scenarios":[{"lang":"en","value":"GENERAL"}]}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-863","description":"CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2026-09-01T19:20:25.334Z","orgId":"271b6943-45a9-4f3a-ab4e-976f3fa05b5a","shortName":"elastic"},"references":[{"url":"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-9-4-6-9-5-2-security-update-esa-2026-130/390059"}],"source":{"discovery":"Elastic"},"title":"Incorrect Authorization in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Disabling of Privilege Monitoring","x_generator":{"engine":"Elastic CVE Publisher 1.0.0"}}},"cveMetadata":{"assignerOrgId":"271b6943-45a9-4f3a-ab4e-976f3fa05b5a","assignerShortName":"elastic","cveId":"CVE-2026-72633","datePublished":"2026-09-01T19:20:25.334Z","dateReserved":"2026-08-10T11:17:29.887Z","dateUpdated":"2026-09-01T19:42:19.825Z","state":"PUBLISHED"},"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2"},"nvd":{"publishedDate":"2026-09-01 20:17:16","lastModifiedDate":"2026-09-01 21:15:37","problem_types":["CWE-863","CWE-863 CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization"],"metrics":{"cvssMetricV31":[{"source":"security@elastic.co","type":"Secondary","cvssData":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","baseScore":4.3,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","attackVector":"NETWORK","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"LOW","userInteraction":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"LOW","availabilityImpact":"NONE"},"exploitabilityScore":2.8,"impactScore":1.4}],"ssvcV203":[{"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","ssvcData":{"timestamp":"2026-09-01T19:42:14.066282Z","id":"CVE-2026-72633","options":[{"exploitation":"none"},{"automatable":"no"},{"technicalImpact":"partial"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","version":"2.0.3"}}]},"configurations":[]},"legacy_mitre":{"record":{"CveYear":"2026","CveId":"72633","Ordinal":"1","Title":"Incorrect Authorization in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Disabl","CVE":"CVE-2026-72633","Year":"2026"},"notes":[{"CveYear":"2026","CveId":"72633","Ordinal":"1","NoteData":"Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Kibana Entity Analytics can lead to a loss of security monitoring via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs (CAPEC-1). An authenticated user holding only read-level Security feature access, and no Elasticsearch privileges, could stop the recurring Privilege Monitoring engine task for a Kibana space. Privileged user monitoring then stops producing data for that space while the engine continues to report a healthy state to operators.","Type":"Description","Title":"Incorrect Authorization in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Disabl"}]}}}