CVE-2026-63137 — Incorrect Authorization in Kibana Leading to Privilege Escalation

CVE-2026-63137

Incorrect Authorization in Kibana Leading to Privilege Escalation PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation via Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels (CAPEC-180). A user holding workflow edit permissions could cause scheduled workflow executions to run with the privileges of a different, higher-privileged user, allowing access to and modification of data beyond their own authorization scope.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / product	Versions
Elastic / Kibana	affected 9.3.0 through 9.4.2

CWE

CWE-863

References

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-9-4-3-security-update-esa-2026-61/390086

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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