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.

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Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Moderate


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First Time appeared Elastic
Elastic kibana
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Description 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.
Title Kibana Improper Authorization
Weaknesses CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: elastic

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-19T15:36:42.060Z

Reserved: 2025-12-16T19:18:49.562Z

Link: CVE-2025-68386

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-12-19T15:36:36.813Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-12-18T23:15:49.160

Modified: 2025-12-23T19:07:36.380

Link: CVE-2025-68386

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-12-18T22:21:09Z

Links: CVE-2025-68386 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-12-19T09:15:54Z

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