Kibana 8.9.x < 8.19.20 / 9.x < 9.4.5 Missing Authorization (ESA-2026-95)
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-72664 | 13 Aug 202619:11 | – | attackerkb | |
| CVE-2026-72664 | 13 Aug 202619:11 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2026-72664 Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Execution of Endpoint Response Actions | 13 Aug 202619:11 | – | cvelist | |
| Kibana 8.19.20, and 9.4.5 Security Update (ESA-2026-95) | 13 Aug 202610:48 | – | elastic | |
| EUVD-2026-58265 | 13 Aug 202619:11 | – | euvd | |
| CVE-2026-72664 | 13 Aug 202620:17 | – | nvd | |
| BIT-ELK-2026-72664 Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Execution of Endpoint Response Actions | 19 Aug 202608:40 | – | osv | |
| BIT-KIBANA-2026-72664 Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Execution of Endpoint Response Actions | 19 Aug 202608:45 | – | osv | |
| MINI-564R-QWHQ-44H3 | 19 Aug 202615:44 | – | osv | |
| MINI-C8QR-X62M-2GPW | 19 Aug 202615:44 | – | osv |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| nessus | www.nessus.org/u |
| cve | www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi |
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(338730);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/08/21");
script_cve_id("CVE-2026-72664");
script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2026-B-0232");
script_name(english:"Kibana 8.9.x < 8.19.20 / 9.x < 9.4.5 Missing Authorization (ESA-2026-95)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote host is affected by a missing authorization vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of Kibana installed on the remote host is 8.9.x prior to 8.19.20, or 9.x prior to 9.4.5. It is,
therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ESA-2026-95 advisory.
- Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized execution of Elastic Defend response
actions on managed hosts via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs (CAPEC-1). A Kibana
user who holds only detection rule authoring privileges for the Elastic Security solution can associate
automated endpoint response actions with a detection rule, even though the dedicated Endpoint response
action privileges that govern those capabilities (host isolation, process operations, and execute
operations) have not been granted to that user. When such a rule generates alerts, the associated response
actions are carried out against the matching hosts. (CVE-2026-72664)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported
version number.");
# https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-20-and-9-4-5-security-update-esa-2026-95/389527
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?60279bb7");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update to Kibana version 8.19.20, 9.4.5 or later.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:N");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-72664");
script_cwe_id(862);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/08/13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/08/13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/08/21");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:elasticsearch:kibana");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"CGI abuses");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("kibana_web_detect.nbin");
script_require_keys("installed_sw/Kibana");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 5601);
exit(0);
}
include('http.inc');
include('vcf.inc');
var app = 'Kibana';
get_install_count(app_name:app, exit_if_zero:TRUE);
var port = get_http_port(default:5601);
var app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:app, port:port, webapp:TRUE);
var constraints = [
{ 'min_version' : '8.9.0', 'fixed_version' : '8.19.20' },
{ 'min_version' : '9.0.0', 'fixed_version' : '9.4.5' }
];
vcf::check_version_and_report(
app_info:app_info,
constraints:constraints,
severity:SECURITY_WARNING
);
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21 Aug 2026 00:00Current
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CVSS 3.16.5
EPSS0.00281
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