# Security\_exception: missing authentication credentials for REST request
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/security-exception-missing-authentication-credentials-for-rest-request/342664
**Category:** Kibana
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security, docker
**Created:** [September 9, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/security-exception-missing-authentication-credentials-for-rest-request/342664 "2023-09-09T18:03:09Z")
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### Author:  [@agonzalez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/agonzalez)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/security-exception-missing-authentication-credentials-for-rest-request/342664/1 "2023-09-09T18:03:09Z")
After upgrading elastic pods using docker images from 8.4.1 to 8.9.1 i am getting this error in kibana always. Any idea why? and how to solve?
> [2023-09-09T17:58:21.908+00:00][WARN][plugins.security.authenticator] Session is no longer available and cannot be re-authenticated.
> [2023-09-09T17:58:21.908+00:00][ERROR][plugins.security.authentication] Re-authentication cannot be handled.
> [2023-09-09T17:58:21.914+00:00][WARN][plugins.security.authenticator] Session is no longer available and cannot be re-authenticated.
> [2023-09-09T17:58:21.914+00:00][ERROR][plugins.security.authentication] Re-authentication cannot be handled.
> [2023-09-09T17:58:21.945+00:00][ERROR][plugins.alerting.monitoring\_alert\_cluster\_health] Executing Rule default:monitoring\_alert\_cluster\_health:7122a3a0-334c-11ed-9aec-0f43b2522a95 has resulted in Error: security\_exception
> Root causes:
> security\_exception: missing authentication credentials for REST request [/\_security/user/\_has\_privileges], caused by: "" - ResponseError: security\_exception
> Root causes:
> security\_exception: missing authentication credentials for REST request [/\_security/user/\_has\_privileges]
> at KibanaTransport.request (/usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@elastic/transport/lib/Transport.js:479:27)
> at runMicrotasks ()
> at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task\_queues:96:5)
> at KibanaTransport.request (/usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/core-elasticsearch-client-server-internal/src/create\_transport.js:51:16)
> at Security.hasPrivileges (/usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@elastic/elasticsearch/lib/api/api/security.js:795:16)
> at checkPrivilegesAtResources (/usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/security-plugin/server/authorization/check\_privileges.js:68:20)
> at Object.atSpaces (/usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/security-plugin/server/authorization/check\_privileges.js:129:16)
> at SavedObjectsSecurityExtension.checkSavedObjectsPrivileges [as checkPrivilegesFunc] (/usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/security-plugin/server/authorization/check\_saved\_objects\_privileges.js:33:20)
> at SavedObjectsSecurityExtension.checkPrivileges (/usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/security-plugin/server/saved\_objects/saved\_objects\_security\_extension.js:452:14)
> at SavedObjectsSecurityExtension.checkAuthorization (/usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/security-plugin/server/saved\_objects/saved\_objects\_security\_extension.js:225:9)
> at SavedObjectsSecurityExtension.authorize (/usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/security-plugin/server/saved\_objects/saved\_objects\_security\_extension.js:423:25)
> at SavedObjectsSecurityExtension.authorizeGet (/usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/security-plugin/server/saved\_objects/saved\_objects\_security\_extension.js:645:12)
> at performGet (/usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/core-saved-objects-api-server-internal/src/lib/apis/get.js:64:31)
> at SavedObjectsRepository.get (/usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/core-saved-objects-api-server-internal/src/lib/repository.js:213:12)
> at SavedObjectsClient.get (/usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/core-saved-objects-api-server-internal/src/saved\_objects\_client.js:67:12)
> at UiSettingsClient.read (/usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/core-ui-settings-server-internal/src/clients/ui\_settings\_client\_common.js:145:20)
> at UiSettingsClient.getUserProvided (/usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/core-ui-settings-server-internal/src/clients/ui\_settings\_client\_common.js:50:42)
> at UiSettingsClient.getAll (/usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/core-ui-settings-server-internal/src/clients/base\_ui\_settings\_client.js:54:26)
> at Object.fieldFormatServiceFactory (/usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/field-formats-plugin/server/plugin.js:35:31)
> at Object.dataViewsServiceFactory (/usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/data-views-plugin/server/data\_views\_service\_factory.js:31:19)
> at Object.asScoped (/usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/data-plugin/server/search/search\_service.js:330:39)
> at TaskRunner.runRule (/usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/alerting-plugin/server/task\_runner/task\_runner.js:248:32)
> at TaskRunner.run (/usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/alerting-plugin/server/task\_runner/task\_runner.js:594:49)
> at TaskManagerRunner.run (/usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/task-manager-plugin/server/task\_running/task\_runner.js:274:22)
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/security-exception-missing-authentication-credentials-for-rest-request/342664/2 "2023-10-07T18:03:24Z")
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