CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-72668

HighCVSS 7.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

Kibana Agent Builder is affected by a Confused Deputy vulnerability (CWE-441) that can lead to privilege escalation. A non-administrative user able to edit a shared agent could cause privileged operations to be performed under the identity of a higher-privileged user. If the same user can also author workflows, this can extend to full administrative control of Kibana and the Elasticsearch cluster.

Risk Assessment

Privilege escalation to Kibana and Elasticsearch administrator level is possible, potentially leading to full control over the environment. The risk is high in environments where many users can edit agents or workflows.

Recommendation

Restrict the ability to edit shared agents and author workflows to trusted users and apply the vendor patch. Monitor privileged operations performed under other users' identities.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy') (CWE-441) in Kibana Agent Builder can lead to privilege escalation. A non-administrative user able to edit a shared agent could cause privileged operations to be carried out under the identity of a higher-privileged user who subsequently interacts with that agent. Where the same user can also author workflows, this can extend to full administrative control of Kibana and of the Elasticsearch cluster.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS