CVE-2026-4498CWE-250

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in Kibana Leading to reading index data beyond their direct Elasticsearch RBAC scope

High · published April 8, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.7
EPSS
0%
Percentile
41.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges (CWE-250) in Kibana’s Fleet plugin debug route handlers can lead reading index data beyond their direct Elasticsearch RBAC scope via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). This requires an authenticated Kibana user with Fleet sub-feature privileges (such as agents, agent policies, and settings management).

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.7 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00498 · 41.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-250 · Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Published
2026-04-08T16:38Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 08 APR 16:38Z
    Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in Kibana Leading to reading index data beyond their direct Elasticsearch RBAC scope
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