Kibana Improper Authorization (ESA-2025-38)
Improper Authorization (CWE-285) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation (CAPEC-233) by allowing an authenticated user to change a document's sharing type to "global," even though they do not have permission to do so, making it visible to everyone in the space via a crafted a HTTP request.
Affected Versions:
- 7.x: All versions
- 8.x: All versions from 8.0.0 up to and including 8.19.7
- 9.x:
- All versions from 9.0.0 up to and including 9.1.7
- All versions from 9.2.0 up to and including 9.2.1
Solutions and Mitigations:
The issue is resolved in version 8.19.8, 9.1.8, and 9.2.2.
Severity: CVSSv3.1: 4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVE ID: CVE-2025-68386