# Kibana 8.19.7, 9.1.7, and 9.2.1 Security Update (ESA-2025-39)

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-7-9-1-7-and-9-2-1-security-update-esa-2025-39/384187
**Category:** Security Announcements
**Created:** [December 18, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-7-9-1-7-and-9-2-1-security-update-esa-2025-39/384187 "2025-12-18T21:28:59Z")
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**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

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