Kibana Improper Authorization (ESA-2025-39)
Improper Authorization (CWE-285) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation (CAPEC-233) by allowing an authenticated user to bypass intended permission restrictions via a crafted HTTP request. This allows an attacker who lacks the 'live queries - read' permission to successfully retrieve the list of live queries.
Affected Versions:
- 7.x: All versions
- 8.x: All versions from 8.0.0 up to and including 8.19.6
- 9.x:
- All versions from 9.0.0 up to and including 9.1.6
- Version 9.2.0
Solutions and Mitigations:
The issue is resolved in version 8.19.7, 9.1.7, and 9.2.1.
Severity: CVSSv3.1: 4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVE ID: CVE-2025-68422