# Kibana 8.19.8, 9.1.8, and 9.2.2 Security Update (ESA-2025-38)

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-8-9-1-8-and-9-2-2-security-update-esa-2025-38/384186
**Category:** Security Announcements
**Created:** [December 18, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-8-9-1-8-and-9-2-2-security-update-esa-2025-38/384186 "2025-12-18T21:28:18Z")
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#### Post date: [December 18, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-8-9-1-8-and-9-2-2-security-update-esa-2025-38/384186/1 "2025-12-18T21:28:18Z")

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**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