CVE-2025-68386 Kibana Improper Authorization
An authenticated user can escalate privileges by changing document sharing to global, exposing data to all space users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-68386?
CVE-2025-68386 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, published on 18 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-863
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-68386?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including kibana and elk. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
kibana Bitnami | All versions | 8.19.8, 9.1.8, 9.2.2 |
elk Bitnami | All versions | 8.19.8, 9.1.8, 9.2.2 |
Products include Elastic Kibana.
How do I fix CVE-2025-68386?
Upgrade kibana to a fixed version for your release line: 8.19.8, 9.1.8 or 9.2.2.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-68386 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-68386 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Elastic Kibana
Sources
Also known as BIT-elk-2025-68386, BIT-kibana-2025-68386, GHSA-xh25-gx5f-4hqg, MINI-7f99-p9j2-pj8p, MINI-hw5q-vrpp-6w84, MINI-qww6-p744-hw4r and 3 more.