Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized deletion of data via Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels (CAPEC-180). An authenticated user holding Synthetics privileges scoped to a single Kibana space could permanently delete Synthetics monitors that are shared into spaces they have no access to. Where a monitor is associated with a private location, the same operation also destroys the underlying Elastic Agent integration configuration without the authorization checks that Fleet would otherwise apply.
PUBLISHED5.2CWE-862
Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Deletion of Data
Problem type
Affected products
Elastic
Kibana
<= 7.17.29 - AFFECTED
<= 8.19.21 - AFFECTED
<= 9.4.6 - AFFECTED
<= 9.5.2 - AFFECTED
References
GitHub Security Advisories
GHSA-8638-62wr-x98m
Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized deletion of data via...
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8638-62wr-x98mMissing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized deletion of data via Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels (CAPEC-180). An authenticated user holding Synthetics privileges scoped to a single Kibana space could permanently delete Synthetics monitors that are shared into spaces they have no access to. Where a monitor is associated with a private location, the same operation also destroys the underlying Elastic Agent integration configuration without the authorization checks that Fleet would otherwise apply.
JSON source
https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2026-78582Click to expand
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